The South Dakota Constitution Party is in court to win access to the November ballot

From Ballot Access News:

The Constitution Party is ballot-qualified in South Dakota. However, under the law, the state won’t recognize party nominees for Congress or legislature who are nominated by convention, even though all parties can nominate for certain other partisan offices by convention. Nevertheless, on June 9, the Constitution Party did hold its state convention and it did nominate a candidate for U.S. Senate and one for the legislature.

The pending ballot access lawsuit will determine if the party’s nominees for those two offices will be printed on the November ballot. The lawsuit challenges the March 29 petition deadline for parties who want to be able to nominate for Congress and state legislature. Already the judge in the case has suggested that there is no state interest in requiring newly-qualifying parties to nominate by primary for those offices. She said that last month when she denied the state’s motion to dismiss the case.

The Constitution Party’s convention action is very beneficial to the pending lawsuit. If neither plaintiff political party were to hold conventions and nominate for such offices this year, that might delay the lawsuit outcome.

The South Dakota Constitution Party‘s convention is coming up as well. More info can be found here.:

The 2016 Constitution Party of South Dakota state convention will be held on July 9, 2016. Come join us as we nominate Constitutionist candidates for the November 2016 South Dakota ballot! We already have chosen a fantastic Presidential ticket for 2016 so now it is time to nominate the Castle/Bradley Electors, new state party officers, legislative, congressional and statewide candidates.

The state convention will be held in Sioux Falls at the main library, 200 S. Dakota Avenue, Rooms A&B starting at 1:45 PM on Saturday, July 9th. All are welcome to attend but only Constitution Party of South Dakota members will be allowed to vote and/or have their name entered into nomination for any office so get your voter registration done early if you are not already a party member.