Natural Law Party Sues Over Three Little Words
The Natural Law Party is suing the secretary of state, claiming a century-old state law keeps its candidates off election ballots by limiting party names to two words, one of which must be “party.”
With a three-word name, it can’t get state recognition, which is necessary to get its nominees directly on the general election ballot.
“This is the only law of its kind in the country,” said Dick Kurtenbach of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri. Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh said he had not yet studied the lawsuit
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