New Mexico Forward Party Takes Ballot Access Case to US Supreme Court

Forward Party seeks emergency U.S. Supreme Court intervention to get candidates on Nov. ballots - The Paper.

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Forward Party seeks U.S. Supreme Court ruling on New Mexico ballot access

The party asks the Supreme Court to rule by Friday, before military and overseas ballots will be shipped out.

New Mexico Forward Party asks US Supreme Court to intervene in ballot access lawsuit

New Mexico’s nascent minor political party is asking the nation’s highest court to put its two statewide candidates on the Nov. 3 general election ballot after a U.S. District Court judge and the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the party's request to put two of its statewide candidates on the ballot. The state's current ballot access laws leave "voters without real options on their ballots," party chair Bob Perls said.

New Mexico Forward Party takes ballot access case to US Supreme Court

SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Forward Party filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court to get two statewide nominees on the November ballot. The party’s filing asks the high court to direct New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver to certify Bob Perls as the party’s nominee for U.S. Senate and Michael Vigil as its nominee for state auditor. The party requested a ruling by Sept. 18 since federal law requires military…

Forward Party seeks emergency U.S. Supreme Court intervention to get candidates on Nov. ballots - New Mexico Political Report

The Forward Party of New Mexico is making a last-ditch effort to have their candidates for a handful of statewide races placed on New Mexico’s ballots before they are scheduled to be mailed out Friday. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political Report, a nonprofit news service covering politics and policy in the […]