Second Circuit· 8/24/1987
Dean Tarry Corp. v. Friedlander
Citations
- 826 F.2d 210
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- holding that a candidate had standing as a voter to challenge restrictive ballot-access laws
- concluding that plaintiff had standing to challenge ballot access laws because he suffered an injury as a voter that was fairly traceable to North Dakota’s ballot access laws and his injury would be redressed if those laws were declared unconstitutional
- explaining that a voter \has standing to challenge a state law regulating elections when that law 'would restrict his ability to vote for the candidate of his choice or dilute the effect of his vote if his chosen candidate were not fairly presented to the voting public'\
- because he was a voter, candidate had a sufficient personal stake in the outcome of a challenge to state’s ballot access laws
- because he was a voter, candidate had a sufficient personal stake in the outcome of a challenge to state’s ballot access laws
- statute constitutional requiring 7,000 signatures filed 200 days before election with open circulation period
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Judges: Kaufman, Mahoney, Meskill
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