Legal Opinion
Nader v. Cronin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 1, 2010No. 08-16444PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Independent candidates for president, denied access to Hawaii’s ballot for the 2004 election, appeal the district court’s holding that the relevant provisions governing such access do not violate the Equal Protection Clause or the First and Fourteenth Amendments. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.
BACKGROUND
Hawaii law provides two ways for candidates to obtain access to the ballot for the presidential election. Haw.Rev.Stat. § 11-113. An independent, or nonpartisan, candidate must file an application along with a petition “containing the signatures of currently…
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