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Lee v. Keith
United States court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lee v. Keith, 463 F.3d 763 (7th Cir. 2006)[1] was a case in which, on September 18, 2006,[2] the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit struck down Illinois' ballot access laws, opining:
In combination, the ballot access requirements for independent legislative candidates in Illinois--the early filing deadline, the 10% signature requirement, and the additional statutory restriction that disqualifies anyone who signs an independent candidate's nominating petition from voting in the primary--operate to unconstitutionally burden the freedom of political association guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Ballot access barriers this high--they are the most restrictive in the nation and have effectively eliminated independent legislative candidacies from the Illinois political scene for a quarter of a century--are not sustainable based on the state's asserted interest in deterring party splintering, factionalism, and frivolous candidacies.[3]
Lee v. Keith | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
Full case name | David Lee v. John Keith, et al |
Argued | June 9, 2006 |
Decided | September 18, 2006 |
Citation | 463 F.3d 763 (7th Cir. 2006) |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Kenneth Francis Ripple, Daniel Anthony Manion, Diane S. Sykes |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Sykes, joined by Ripple, Manion |
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