Legal Opinion
Zachary Mulholland v. Marion County Election Board
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 2014No. 13-3027PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
The two major political parties in Marion County, Indiana, both follow a long tradition of “slating” their preferred candidates in primary elections. Those candidates have the financial and organizational backing of leadership, and the parties therefore have an interest in preventing confusion among voters as to who supports whom. Accordingly, Indiana’s “anti-slating” statute makes it a crime to distribute a list endorsing multiple political candidates during a primary election unless all such candidates have given their written consent. See Ind.Code § 3-14-l-2(a).…
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