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On July 20, Ralph Nader filed a federal lawsuit against the Illinois
petition deadline of June 26. Nader 2000 v. Illinois State Board of
Elections, 00-cv-4401, n.d. The case was assigned to Judge William
Hibbler, a Clinton appointee.
On July 28, he filed a similar lawsuit against the South Dakota
independent candidate petition deadline of June 20. Nader 2000 v.
Hazeltine. John Hagelin expects to join the case.
The Nader lawsuit against North Carolina's May petition deadline for
new parties had a hearing in federal court at 9:30 a.m. on July 31. A
decision is expected at any time.
The lawsuits are all based on Anderson v. Celebrezze, a 1983 U.S.
Supreme Court decision which said that early petition deadlines for
independent and minor party presidential candidates are
unconstitutional. Nader needed to file these lawsuits because he
didn't get enough signatures in those states by the deadline. He may
file another similar lawsuit in Oklahoma, another state in which his
petition wasn't finished in time.
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