Legal Opinion
Knutson v. Department of Secretary of State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 20, 2008No. Docket: Ken-08-375PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaufley, C.J.
[¶ 1] We are presented with two questions in this challenge by John Knutson to the potential nonparty candidacy of Herbert J. Hoffman for the office of United States Senator. Both are questions of first impression.
[¶2] The first question is as follows: when petitions in support of a prospective candidate are circulated for signatures, must the circulator have direct personal contact with potential signors and observe the signatures, or is it sufficient that the circulator be in some unspecified proximity to signors? The Secretary of State concluded, pursuant to 21-A M.R.S. § 354(7)(A) (2007),…
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