Roque De La Fuente v. Secretary of State for the State of Georgia

In the November 2016 elections, Roque De La Fuente ran as an independent candidate for the presidency of the United States. As part of his pursuit of high office, he sought to have his name placed on the ballot in Georgia. Unfortunately, he filed his slate of presidential electors too late, missing Georgia’s July 1 deadline. 1 As a result, Georgia’s Secretary of State—the defendant.Brian Kemp—rejected his slate of electors, rendering De La Fuente ineligible to appear on the ballot. De La Fuente sued, claiming that the filing deadline violated his constitutional rights.

De La Fuente’s complaint…