MULHOLLAND v. MARION COUNTY ELECTION BD.

No. 13-3027.

746 F.3d 811 (2014)

Zachary MULHOLLAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARION COUNTY ELECTION BOARD, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 20, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Falk , Attorney, Indiana Civil Liberties Union, Gavin M. Rose , Attorney, ACLU of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Bryan H. Babb , Attorney, Bose McKinney & Evans, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

The two major political parties in Marion County, Indiana, both follow a long tradition of "slating" their preferred candidates in primary elections. Those candidates have the financial and organizational backing of leadership, and the parties therefore have an interest in preventing confusion among voters as to who supports whom. Accordingly, Indiana's "anti-slating" statute makes it a crime to distribute a list endorsing multiple political...

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