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· 8/30/2023

In Re Donald Foster v. the State of Texas

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  • holding that the use of nomination petitions by independent candidates is a procedure that \must pass muster against the charges of discrimination or of abridgment of the right to vote\
  • holding that the use of nomination petitions by independent candidates is a procedure, that “must pass muster against the charges of discrimination or of abridgment of the right to vote”
  • holding that election law challenge was not moot “as long as [the state] maintains [its] present [laws]”
  • holding that candidates' challenge to a statutory signature requirement was not moot once the election had been held because the burden \placed on the nomination of candidates for statewide offices remain[ed] and control[led] future elections\
  • holding that the independent candidates' challenge to Illinois's ballot access signature requirement was not moot without explicitly addressing the likelihood that the same independent candidates would seek to run again
  • holding that the independent candidates’ challenge to Illinois’s ballot access signature requirement was not moot without explicitly addressing the likelihood that the same independent candidates would seek to run again

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