Joshua Cook at BenSwann.com:
Despite missing the deadline, both the Republican and Democrat Party will be on the ballot in November according to Marshall county Constitution Party’s facebook page.
“Looks like the Probate Judge will allow the major parties on the ballot for 2014, although he does mention that his decision may be overturned. Regardless, we are looking forward to a great campaign and excited about the enthusiasm for our party and it’s principles. For the record, we are very confident in our candidates this year, and would rather have a chance to run head to head, just not at the expense of the rule of law.”
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“Our job is to execute the laws as they are written,” said Will Sutton, elections attorney in the office of Alabama’s secretary of state. In order for any exception to be made, he said, the laws would have to be rewritten.“The laws are statutory so any change would require action by the legislature,” Packard explained. “There’s no authority for the secretary of state to unilaterally change the signature requirement or the deadline.”
Apparently Alabama’s law only applies to everyone except the two major parties.
Joshua Cassity, Chairman of the Constitution Party of Alabama told BenSwann.com’s Joshua Cook that there is definitely a double standard here.
“In our opinion, we are the only qualified Party on the ballot,” said Cassity.
“The Alabama code says they didn’t meet the qualification. How is the Secretary of State of Alabama granting the probate judge the right to break the law?”
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2014/12/eleventh-circuit-refuses-to-invalidate-alabamas-march-petition-deadline-for-newly-qualifying-parties/
http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/12/secretaries-of-state-of-alabama-arkansas-and-mississippi-favor-moving-their-state-presidential-primaries-to-an-earlier-date/