Green v. Layton

Opinion

MOSK, J.

In a number of recent decisions, the United States Supreme Court and this court have held that a statute which requires a candidate for public office to pay a filing fee as the exclusive means of securing a place on an election ballot violates the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution and that some reasonable alternative means of access to the ballot must be provided. (Lubin v. Panish (1974) 415 U.S. 709 [39 L.Ed.2d 702, 94 S.Ct. 1315]; Bullock v. Carter (1972) 405 U.S. 134 [31 L.Ed.2d 92, 92 S.Ct. 849]; Knoll v. Davidson (1974) 12 Cal.3d 335, 345-349 [116…