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Constitutional Law—State May Not Require Filing Fee From Indigent Candidate As Prerequisite To Ballot Placement—Lubin V. Panish, 415 U.S. 709 (1974), Mary Mcinnis Schuman Nov 1974

Constitutional Law—State May Not Require Filing Fee From Indigent Candidate As Prerequisite To Ballot Placement—Lubin V. Panish, 415 U.S. 709 (1974), Mary Mcinnis Schuman

Washington Law Review

Petitioner Lubin desired to be placed on the ballot in the primary election for nomination to a position on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was denied the papers requisite to ballot placement, however, because he was unable to pay the filing fee, a mandatory precondition to ballot placement in California. Although California statutes permit write-in votes, they are not counted unless the write-in candidate pays the filing fee prior to the election. Seeking invalidation of the statutes, Petitioner filed suit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging that he was a serious candidate who did not …


The Supreme Court And Local Reapportionment: Voter Inequality In Special-Purpose Units, Philip L. Martin Mar 1974

The Supreme Court And Local Reapportionment: Voter Inequality In Special-Purpose Units, Philip L. Martin

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sayler Land Co. V. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District: Opening The Floodgates In Local Special Government Elections, Michigan Law Review Mar 1974

Sayler Land Co. V. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District: Opening The Floodgates In Local Special Government Elections, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

In judicial review of the constitutionality of representational structures at the local governmental level, each citizen's constitutional right to equal representation must be reconciled with the need for flexibility in designing local structures. Last term, in Salyer Land Co. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District, the Supreme Court faced this problem in the context of a water storage district. It upheld a statute that both restricted the franchise in the election of district directors to district landowners and allocated votes on the basis of the assessed value of the land owned by each voter. This Note will first …


Political Candidates' Loyalty Oaths, Jeffrey F. Liss Jan 1974

Political Candidates' Loyalty Oaths, Jeffrey F. Liss

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

When Washington mustered his revolutionary army, when South Carolinians called for secession, and when Senator Joseph P. McCarthy kindled fears of Communist infiltration, many people affirmed their loyalty to the nation by swearing oaths. Perhaps the oath givers hoped to subdue the anxieties of those anxious times by reducing the ambiguities in the behavior and beliefs of others. Candidates for political office have not escaped suspicion; eight states still require political candidates to swear oaths of loyalty before their names can appear on the ballot. But constitutional doctrine and changing times have diminished the loyalty oath's scope and significance. This …


Federal Statues And Government Regulation, Various Editors Jan 1974

Federal Statues And Government Regulation, Various Editors

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Delegate Selection Reform And The Extension Of Law Into Politics, Joseph Vining Jan 1974

Delegate Selection Reform And The Extension Of Law Into Politics, Joseph Vining

Articles

The fact that the 1972 presidential election introduced the formalities and some of the ideals of law into the gestation of national political power has been overshadowed by revelations about other aspects of the election campaign. But it will not be long before power will have to be organized and generated again from apartment blocks, meeting halls, and coffee parties, and ultimately incarnated in another President. At some point hearing examiners for the National Democratic Party will appear again in various communities. Rules will be studied, records made, and appeals taken, all for the purpose of deliberately deciding who may …