McCLURE v. GALVIN

No. 04-1803.

386 F.3d 36 (2004)

Richard P. McCLURE and Martha McClure, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. William F. GALVIN, Secretary of the Commonwealth; Elizabeth L. Delaney, Town Clerk, Town of Chelmsford; Jane Doe, Chelmsford Election Poll Clerk, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. McClure, pro se.

James J. Arguin, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee William F. Galvin.

Brian W. Riley, Lauren F. Goldberg, and Kopelman and Paige, P.C. on brief, for appellee Elizabeth L. Delaney.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Richard McClure filed suit against the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and others, alleging an interference with both his right to vote and his right to run for political office under the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. He sought injunctive and declaratory relief, requiring that he be placed on the ballot as an independent candidate in the race for a state senate seat.1

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