López-Rutol v. Gracia (Hector M. Laffitte, D.P.R. 3:03-cv-1880)
A would-be independent candidate for Puerto Rico’s senate filed a federal complaint challenging ballot-petition requirements for candidates. The court denied the plaintiff immediate relief. On the one hand, the plaintiffs “waited for the eleventh hour to file the present petition for injunctive relief”; on the other hand, they “erroneously believe*d+ that a law imposing any burden upon the right to vote must be subject to strict scrutiny.”
Subject: Getting on the ballot. Topics: Getting on the ballot; laches.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.