Lippitt v. Cipollone

OPINION

Plaintiff seeks to become a candidate of the American Independent Party for Congress from the 22nd District of Ohio in the forthcoming May 2, 1972 primary election.

Plaintiff has been politically active for many years and has voted regularly in both primary and general elections. On May 5, 1970, he voted in the Republican Primary Election at which time he was also a candidate for Congress in the 22nd Congressional District. Challenged by the plaintiff are Ohio Rev. Code sections regulating candidacy for, and suffrage in primary elections, more specifically set forth as §§ 3513.05,…