15 December 2014
By Richard Winger
Ballot Access News
"As of December 9, all briefs have been filed in the Sixth Circuit in
Erard v Michigan Secretary of State, 14-1873. The Socialist Party
challenges Michigan ballot access laws for new parties, arguing that the
state discriminates against newly-qualifying parties, relative to old
ones. For the 2016 election, for example, Michigan requires a
newly-qualifying party to submit 31,565 signatures. But a party that
was already on the ballot in November 2014 only needed to poll 16,491
votes for any statewide race to remain ballot-qualified...."
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