Legal Opinion
Maine Green Party v. Secretary of State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided August 1, 1997PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUDMAN, Justice.
[¶ 1] Pursuant to 4 M.R.S.A. § 57 (1989) and M.R. Civ. P. 76B, 1 the United States District Court for the District of Maine (Carter, J.) has certified the following question of state law to this Court:
Does 21-A M.R.S.A. § 301(1)(C) require that a political party which had qualified for official party status in Maine because its candidate for Governor received more than five percent (5%) of the vote in the last gubernatorial election be disqualified if its candidate for President at the next succeeding election fails to receive five percent (5%) of the presidential vote?
[¶2] We…
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