BarryDonegan
07-06-2015, 12:52 PM
http://truthinmedia.com/federal-court-tennessee-ballot-access-law-unfairly-burdens-third-parties/
On Thursday, a federal appeals court ruled that a Tennessee statute requiring that a minor party, in order to stay on the ballot, must achieve 5% of the vote in the same gubernatorial election in which it obtained ballot access by collecting thousands of signatures violates the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause by placing an unfair burden on independent political parties.
On Thursday, a federal appeals court ruled that a Tennessee statute requiring that a minor party, in order to stay on the ballot, must achieve 5% of the vote in the same gubernatorial election in which it obtained ballot access by collecting thousands of signatures violates the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause by placing an unfair burden on independent political parties.