New Alliance Party v. New York State Board of Elections

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• holding that states have a compelling interest in “organizing a comprehensible and manageable ballot.”
• “courts have consistently held that the effect of ballot placement on election outcomes is a factual determination”
• “[T]o assure the orderly conduct of elections, a State may design a ballot which rationally distinguishes between those entities that previously attracted significant public support and those that did not.”
• \[A]ccess to a preferred position on the ballot so that one has an equal chance of attracting the windfall vote is not a constitutional concern.... The Constitution does not protect a plaintiff from the inadequacies or the irrationality of the voting public.\

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