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Request to Be on the Ballot on the Eve of a Presidential Election

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
September 11, 2023

Germalic v. Bullock (Richard G. Andrews, D. Del. 1:12-cv-1347)
Approximately two weeks before the 2012 presidential election, a plaintiff filed a pro se federal complaint that the state’s requirements for being a presidential candidate were too onerous. Three days after the complaint was filed, the district court denied the plaintiff injunctive relief for failure to show any effort to meet ballot qualifications and for seeking relief after the ballots had been printed.
Subject: Getting on the ballot. Topics: Getting on the ballot; pro se party; laches.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.