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MAINE GREEN PARTY v. MAINE, SECRETARY OF STATE

No. 98-1309.

173 F.3d 1 (1999)

MAINE GREEN PARTY, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. MAINE, SECRETARY OF STATE, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Sinawski for appellant.

Phyllis Gardiner, with whom Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Thomas D. Warren, State Solicitor, and Peter J. Brann, Assistant Attorney General, were on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Following the 1996 presidential election, Maine's Secretary of State informed plaintiff-appellant Maine Green Party that it was disqualified from official party status because its presidential nominee, Ralph Nader, had failed to receive at least 5% of the Maine presidential vote. See 21-A M.R.S.A. § 301(1)(C) (1992) (requiring, inter alia, previously-qualified parties1 to receive at least 5% of...

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