Green Party Ballot Access Suit in News
The Columbus Dispatch reports today on the lawsuit filed by Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney and vice presidential candidate Rosa Clemente on August 26 in U.S. District Court in Columbus seeking placement on Ohio’s Nov. 4 ballot.
The suit relies on a July ruling by Federal Judge Edmund J. Sargus placing Libertarian Party candidate Bob Barr and John Moore of the Socialist Party should be on Ohio’s November ballot. Sargus found that Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner’s directive on what minor-party candidates must do to be included on Ohio’s ballot is unconstitutional.
The Green Party’s lawsuit asks that McKinney’s and Clemente’s names be included on the Nov. 4 ballot and that Brunner be prohibited from enforcing her directive. According to the Dispatch, a petition from the Ohio Green Party placing the names of McKinney and Clemente on the Ohio ballot was rejected because it did not have the required 5,000 signatures.
