Supreme Court Won’t Consider Alabama Ballot-Access Rule Challenge

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Oct. 7 to consider whether a candidate may continue to challenge Alabama’s ballot-access rule after the election he tried to run in has passed.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held in August 2018 that a candidate must not only allege he will run again but must also show that his future candidacy would have a substantial chance of success to avoid mootness.

The ruling deepened the circuit split on the question, James Hall argued in his petition for review. Hall sought to run as independent in a special election but failed ...