[EL] Good-faith party affiliation

[Doug Spencer]

The Connecticut Republican Party recently called an "exclusion hearing" for
a married couple that the party believes are not sincere members. The wife
ran for local office as a Democrat, both donated money to a Democratic PAC
and attended the Democratic headquarters on election night in 2013, etc..
State law (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-60
<http://law.justia.com/codes/connecticut/2013/title-9/chapter-143/section-9-60>)
permits
the party to remove members for lack of "good-faith affiliation" with the
party.

News coverage of the hearing is here
<http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Brookfield-couple-states-their-case-to-remain-in-6190608.php>
.

Does anybody know how many states have a "good-faith affiliation" law? I
suspect that many parties have similar clauses in their bylaws, but I'm
curious how many states have enacted these restrictions into law.

Thanks in advance for any leads.
Doug


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*Douglas M. Spencer*
*Associate Professor of Law & Public Policy*
University of Connecticut
315 Chase Hall
55 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105
http://www.dougspencer.org
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