ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS V. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY
440 U.S. 173 (1979)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over an Illinois signature requirement for party
ballot appearance.
FACTS: New political parties and independent candidates were required to obtain the
signatures of 25,000 qualified voters in order to appear on the ballots of a state wide
election in Illinois. The number of signatures required for political subdivisions in the
state was 5% of the number of persons who voted in the previous election. This resulted in
incongruous results; in the city of Chicago a new party would need substantially more
signatures to get its candidate on the local ballot than it would need for a state election.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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