NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A federal appeals court has ordered a lower court to reconsider whether Tennessee’s requirements to get on the ballot for third parties and their candidates are unconstitutionally restrictive.
In February, U.S. District Judge William Haynes Jr. struck down state rules requiring third party candidates for high-level offices to be selected through a primary. He also struck down a requirement that the parties and candidates collect about 40,000 signatures and turn them in seven months before the election.
