Legal Opinion
M. Janice Ayers-Schaffner v. Joseph R. Distefano
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 30, 1994No. 94-1884PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This ease poses an interesting, and readily answerable, constitutional question: can state election officials restrict the right to vote in a new, curative election to those who participated in the original, defective election? The district court found no state interest served by such a limitation, and rejected it as unconstitutional, 860 F.Supp. 918. We agree, and thus affirm the district court’s order directing that the contested new election be open to all registered and qualified voters. 1
I. Factual Background
On June 7, 1994, a nonpartisan primary election was…
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