[EL] Three small parties sue Alabama re ballot access

[Edward Still]

The Green Party, the Constitution Party, and the Libertarian Party, along
with several voters and a Green Party presidential candidate, have filed
suit against the Alabama law requiring unqualified parties to qualify by
submitting petitions containing at least 3% of the voters in the last
general election, and the petitions must be filed by the day of the first
primary. Because of the change from having separate presidential and
non-presidential primaries to having one primary on 13 March, the parties
will have to qualify 8 months before the general election.

Information on the plaintiffs' attorney Dan Johnson is available on his
firm's <a href="http://www.kchrlaw.com/kJohnson.html">website</a>.

The complaint is reproduced below:

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Thanks to Richard Winger of <a href="http://www.ballot-access.org/">Ballot
Access News</a> for the tip.

Edward Still
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