COFFIELD v. KEMP

No. 09-13277.

599 F.3d 1276 (2010)

Faye COFFIELD, Jason Crowder, Beatrice Williams, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Brian KEMP, in his official capacity as Georgia Secretary of State and Chairperson of the Georgia State Election Board, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 19, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Sinawski, Brooklyn, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Stefan Ernst Ritter, Calandra A. Harps, Atlanta, GA, for Handel.

Before EDMONDSON and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and BARBOUR, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant-Plaintiff Coffield sought access to the 2008 general election ballot as an independent candidate to represent Georgia's Fourth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. She was not on the ballot. Briefly stated, she was unable to collect a sufficient number of signatures to satisfy Georgia's requirement that an independent candidate submit a nomination petition signed by at least 5% of the total number of registered...

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