Constitution Party of Pennsylv v. Pedro Cortes

OPINION

ROTH, Circuit Judge

Numerous individuals and groups, collectively known as the “Aspiring Parties,” 1 filed suit to enjoin the application of certain of Pennsylvania’s election laws, arguing that those laws were unconstitutional as applied to them. They prevailed. The District Court then entered a permanent injunction, imposing county-based signature-gathering requirements that the Aspiring Parties must meet in order to appear on the ballot. The Aspiring Parties appeal once more, arguing that those requirements are an unconstitutional vote dilution scheme in violation of the Equal…