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Signing a Ballot Petition Too Long Before It Is Filed

Robert Timothy Reagan
April 13, 2023

Myers v. Johnson (Linda V. Parker, E.D. Mich. 4:16-cv-13255)
Disappointed by their results in state court, signers of a ballot petition for an initiative challenged in federal court a state law deeming signatures over 180 days old presumptively invalid. The district judge concluded that the federal suit was precluded by the state-court result and also filed too close to the election for nondisruptive relief.
Subject: Getting on the ballot. Topics: Getting on the ballot; ballot measure; matters for state courts; laches.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.