BAINES v. BELLOWS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE JAMES BAINES et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) 1:19-cv-00509-LEW ) SHENNA BELLOWS, Secretary of ) State for the State of Maine, ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT This is a case about the legal-political infrastructure that an association of like- minded citizens must navigate in Maine to qualify for ballot access as a minor political party and that party candidates must navigate to demonstrate local public support for their candidacies. At its root, the question to be answered is whether the legal edifice Maine has erected…