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under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and attorney fees and costs under 42 U.S.C. § 1988.
4/11/2019), attached hereto as Exhibit B.
4/11/2019), attached hereto as Exhibit C.
Clerk in mid-March, 2019, to stand for election to this office at the November, 2019 election.
activist who, among other things, has run for Boone County office in the past.
and (c) Providing the organizational structure for Libertarians to interact with one another.
address is P.O. Box 432, Independence, KY 41051.
5. The LPKY is Kentucky’s only “Political Organization,” as that term is defined in K.R.S.
needing to collect signatures by petition.
6. In order to nominate its candidates, LPKY must hold conventions under K.R.S. 118.325.
candidacies, and to engage in campaigns directed towards Libertarian voters.
costs to Libertarian voters, as well as costs to the party, exceeded $15,000 in 2019.
10. Ann Cormican (“Cormican”) is a registered Libertarian voter in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
of Candidacy for the office of Auditor, in conjunction with the requirements of K.R.S.
the office of Agriculture Commissioner, in conjunction with the requirements of K.R.S.
K.R.S. 118.356 and 118.367, he is also the filing officer for the statement of candidacy.
Elections are to administer the election laws of the state.
is sued in her official capacity only.
are Board Members of the Kentucky State Board of Elections, and, pursuant to K.R.S.
Brangers, and Sears are sued in their official capacities only.
matter. He is not sued as a party.
action is conferred on this Court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, 28 U.S.C.
§1331, 28 U.S.C. § 1343, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202, and other applicable law.
Rights are threatened and likely to occur in this District.
Kentucky’s election laws, including the ballot access provisions challenged herein.
26. The Democratic and Republican Parties are the only Political Parties in Kentucky.
28. LPKY is a Political Organization, and, in fact, is the only one in Kentucky.
extended to the next business day if April 1 fell on a weekend) under KRS 118.367.
unconstitutional, the entirety of the bill is unconstitutional.
though it was retroactively changed to January.
of that strategy in 2018.
mentioned, at significant burden and expense to the party and its members.
36. In addition to Presidential races, LPKY has also fielded candidates for Congress and U.S.
waging his campaign, Mr. Patterson received 44,240 votes.
and equal opportunity for ballot qualification.
authorized to act as a political party in the United States of America.
the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, et seq.
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno, 494 U.S. 827, 855 (1990), Ea. Enters. v.
44. Because 2019 HB 114 has no severability clause, it should be invalidated in toto. Leavitt v.
Jane L., 518 U.S. 137, 139 (1996).
Kentucky, under Gitlow v. New York, 268 U.S. 652 (1925).
First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
February filing deadline for statement of candidacy forms in Ohio as too early, Anderson v.
candidacy forms in Ohio as too early, Cripps v. Seneca County Board of Elections, 629 F.
April 6 deadline as too early.
and the major parties will not adopt their nominees and platforms for another five months.
in both 2019 HB 114 and 2019 SB 60, violates clearly established rights.
chosen means of asserting it, under the prevailing U.S. Supreme Court cases of Anderson v.
Celebrezze, 460 U.S. 760 (1983) and Burdick v. Takushi, 504 U.S. 428 (1992).
D. Such other relief as this Court shall deem just and proper.
Westport Pharmaceuticals, LLC et. al.

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