05 September 2012
By Richard Winger
Ballot Access News
"On September 5, U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras, from the District of Columbia district, issued an 18-page decision
about debates. The case is La Botz v Federal Election Commission,
11-1247. It says that the FEC was wrong to have dismissed a complaint
filed by the 2010 Socialist Party’s U.S. Senate candidate in Ohio, Dan
La Botz. La Botz had been denied participation in the U.S. Senate
candidate debates, which were restricted to only the Democratic and
Republican nominees. The debates had been sponsored by a consortium of
eight Ohio newspapers, which are corporations. FEC rules provide that
debates sponsored by for-profit corporations may exclude some
candidates, but the debate sponsors must have predetermined, objective
criteria as to whom should be invited....."
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