Harley McLain v. Ben Meier, Secretary of State and Allen Olson, Attorney General

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• holding that the plaintiff’s challenge to state ballot access and formatting statutes was not moot without requiring proof that the plaintiff intended to seek ballot access in future elections
• holding that the plaintiff's challenge to state ballot access and formatting statutes was not moot without requiring proof that the plaintiff intended to seek ballot access in future elections
• concluding that North Dakota’s ballot-order law, which ordered candidates on the ballot based on how many votes their party received in the most recent congressional election, burdened constitutional rights
• holding that the plaintiff’s challenge to state ballot access and formatting statutes was not moot without requiring proof that the plaintiff intended to seek ballot access in future elections
• holding deadline for new political parties, which was 90 days before primary election, was “particularly troublesome”
• holding incumbent-first statute “burdens the fundamental right to vote possessed by supporters of the last-listed candidates, in violation of the fourteenth amendment” and collecting cases

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