Legal Opinion
Constitution Party of South Dakota v. Nelson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 4, 2011No. 10-2910PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
The Constitution Party of South Dakota, Joy Howe, Marvin Meyer, and Mark Pick-ens brought an action against Chris Nelson, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of South Dakota, claiming violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The plaintiffs’ claims relate to the Constitution Party’s efforts to place a candidate for governor on the 2010 ballot in South Dakota and challenge the constitutionality of two statutory provisions related to that process. The first provision, S.D. Codified Laws § 12-5-1.4(1), requires candidates of new political parties in…
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