Salera v. Tucker

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• District court ruled unconstitutional requirement that all independents’ nomination papers be filed no later than the seventh Wednesday prior to the primary (218 days prior to the general election
• Pennsylvania — 218 days before the general election and 49 days before the primaries
• affirmed without opinion by the United States Supreme Court, No. 75-595, March 22, 1976
• the state interest in informing the electorate who the independent candidates are does not justify an early filing deadline, especially since it cannot be known at that point who the major party candidates will be

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