Legal Opinion
Maine Green Party v. ME, Secy of State
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 2, 1999No. 98-1309PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
Following the 1996 presidential election, Maine’s Secretary of State informed plaintiff-appellant Maine Green Party that it was disqualified from official party status because its presidential nominee, Ralph Nader, had failed to receive at least 5% of the Maine presidential vote. See 21-A M.R.S.A. § 301(1)(C) (1992) (requiring, inter alia, previously-qualified parties1 to receive at least 5% of the presidential vote in presidential election years and at least 5% of the gubernatorial vote in gubernatorial election years to retain official party *2status). Plaintiff…
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