WERME v. MERRILL

No. 95-1982.

84 F.3d 479 (1996)

Paula WERME, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Stephen MERRILL, Governor of New Hampshire, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnes, Bender & Boehm, Martin Bender, Concord, NH, and Paula Werme, pro se, on brief for appellants.

Jeffrey R. Howard, Attorney General, and Christopher P. Reid, Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellees.

Before SELYA and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges, and COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

We must determine in the course of this appeal whether New Hampshire overstepped constitutional bounds by denying a recognized third party the right, enjoyed by the state's two most popular political parties, to have election inspectors and ballot clerks present at the polls on Election Day. We conclude, as did the district court, that the state's statutory scheme passes constitutional muster.

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