Molinari v. Powers

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• describing challenges brought against the nominating petitions of Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes by the New York Republican State Committee
• noting that the \facially low percentage of signatures\ required in each district does not mitigate the witness residence requirement's burden on speech since the \burdens New York places on the petitioning process make it far more difficult to obtain the requisite signatures\
• noting that the “facially low percentage of signatures” required in each district does not mitigate the witness residence requirement’s burden on speech since the “burdens New York places on the petitioning process make it far more difficult to obtain the requisite signatures”
• discussing requirement under predecessor to section 6-132(2) that subscribing witness “know[] each of the voters whose names are subscribed” to the candidate’s petition (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• applying the words “independent” and “unaffiliated” in Storer to mean independent of party leadership
• invalidating a New York statute that allowed a circulator to witness signatures only in the political subdivision of his or her residence, unless the circulator was a notary public or commissioner of deeds

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