De La Fuente Guerra v. Democratic Party of Florida (Robert L. Hinkle, N.D. Fla. 4:16-cv-26), De La Fuente v. Kemp (Richard W. Story, 1:16-cv-256) and De La Fuente v. Kemp (Mark H. Cohen, 1:16-cv-2937) (N.D. Ga.), De La Fuente v. South Carolina Democratic Party (Cameron McGowan Currie, D.S.C. 3:16-cv-322), De La Fuente Guerra v. Winter (Robert C. Brack, D.N.M. 1:16-cv-393), De La Fuente v. Krebs (Roberto A. Lange, D.S.D. 3:16-cv-3035), De La Fuente v. Cortés (John E. Jones III, M.D. Pa. 1:16-cv-1696), De La Fuente v. Wyman (Benjamin H. Settle, W.D. Wash. 3:16-cv-5801), De La Fuente v. Alcorn (Liam O’Grady, E.D. Va. 1:16-cv-1201), and Alliance Party v. District of Columbia Board of Elections (James E. Boasberg, D.D.C. 1:20-cv-2319)
A prospective candidate for president in 2016 filed federal complaints challenging his exclusion from primary-election and general-election ballots in several states. In 2018, the candidate achieved a change to ballot-access rules in Virginia. Litigation by the candidate for the 2020 election was largely unsuccessful.
Subject: Getting on the ballot. Topics: Getting on the ballot; pro se party; laches; primary election; matters for state courts; Electoral College; absentee ballots; interlocutory appeal; attorney fees.
One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.