Anderson v. Celebrezze

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Anderson v. Celebrezze is a federal lawsuit filed by 1980 presidential contender John Anderson against the Secretary of State of Ohio. The claim in the lawsuit was that Ohio's March deadline for filing nominating signatures placed an unconstitutional burden on the voting and associational rights of Anderson's supporters.

The case was first heard in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. That court ruled in favor of Anderson. The state of Ohio appealed this decision to the Court of Appeals, which reversed. Anderson then appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States, which ruled in favor of Anderson.

Anderson v. Celebrezze has been referred to many times in subsequent federal lawsuits challenging early petition drive deadlines imposed by state law, including Nader v. Brewer.

External links

• Text of case
• An analysis of the 2004 Nader ballot access federal court cases, from the Fordham Urban Law Journal, 2005, by Richard Winger