Bachur v. Democratic National Party

HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

In a suit by Nicholas R. Bachur, Sr., a registered Democrat, the district court ruled that Rule 6C of the Delegate Selection Rules for the 1984 Democratic National Convention as implemented in Maryland infringed Bachur’s fundamental right to vote in an election for delegates to the national convention to select the Party’s candidates for President and Vice-President. As implemented, Rule 6C required Bachur to allocate his votes on the basis of the sex of the candidates for delegate. He was permitted to vote for not more than four female and four male delegates.…