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· 2/22/1979

Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party

Citations

  • 440 U.S. 173
  • 99 S. Ct. 983
  • 59 L. Ed. 2d 230
  • 1979 U.S. LEXIS 61

How courts have described this case

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  • “[W]e have upheld properly drawn statutes that require a preliminary showing of a significant modicum of support before a candidate or party may appear on the ballot.”
  • “[W]e have upheld properly drawn statutes that require a preliminary showing of a significant modicum of support before a candidate or party may appear on the ballot.”

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Judges: Marshall, Brennan, Stewart, White, Blacicmun, Powell, Stevens, Blackmun, Burger, Rehnquist

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