Legal Opinion
Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v. Gardner
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 24, 2011No. 10-1360PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
This appeal raises constitutional election law issues regarding the listing of political affiliations next to the names of candidates on a state general election ballot.
On New Hampshire’s 2008 ballot, in a column headed “Other Candidates,” in the row for the offices of President and Vice President, two pairs of candidates were identified as “Libertarian.” One pair was Bob Barr and Wayne Root, who had received the Libertarian Party’s nomination at its May 2008 National Convention, and the other pair was George Phillies and Christopher Bennett, who had failed to secure the…
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