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LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF MAINE v. DIAMOND

Nos. 92-2026, 92-2061.

992 F.2d 365 (1993)

LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF MAINE, et als., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. G. William DIAMOND, Etc., Defendant, Appellee. (Two Cases).

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn S. Eddy with whom Berman & Simmons, P.A., Lewiston, ME, was on brief for plaintiffs, appellants.

Cabanne Howard, Deputy Atty. Gen., with whom Michael E. Carpenter, Atty. Gen., Augusta, ME, was on brief for defendant, appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and CYR, Circuit Judges, and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

CYR, Circuit Judge.

The Libertarian Party of Maine ("Party") and seventeen of its candidates for elective office ("appellant candidates") challenge a district court ruling upholding the constitutionality of Maine's ballot-access requirements, 21-A M.R.S.A. § 301 et seq. We affirm.

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Under Maine law, a group of voters seeking recognition as a new political party may "qualify" in either of two ways. First, the voter group may petition the...

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