The highest profile election law disputes often involve the complexities of campaign finance law. But a seemingly more simple aspect of the law is coming under attack in Connecticut: Exactly who is allowed to ask would-be voters to sign petitions to get candidates on the ballot?
At least three challenges to the state’s petition circulation law have been filed in Connecticut courts in recent months. And after Connecticut U.S. District Judge Janet Hall suggested that some provisions of the law are restricting “core political speech,” lawmakers are considering amendments. Two parts of the law have been challenged. One requires petition circulators to be Connecticut residents. Another requires a waiting period before someone changing political party affiliations can collect signatures for his or her new party.
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