Legal Opinion
Diane Pilcher, Roger Gary, George Meeks and the Libertarian Party of Texas v. Jack M. Rains, Secretary of State of Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 16, 1988No. 88-1245PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.
The Texas Secretary of State appeals from an injunction against enforcement of a provision of the Texas Election Code requiring voter registration numbers on minor-party ballot access petitions. Because we hold that the district court applied the correct legal test for an unconstitutional burden on ballot access, and because the factual findings of the district court are not clearly erroneous, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Texas election law establishes several requirements before a minor party may appear on the ballot. One is that the aspiring party must collect a number of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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