- Posted May 03, 2013
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Court OKs restriction on presidential candidates
LANSING (AP) -- A federal appeals court has no problem with a Michigan law that bars a presidential candidate from running in the general election after losing in the primary for another political party.
The lawsuit was filed by the Libertarian Party after the secretary of state kept Gary Johnson off the ballot last fall. He'd lost earlier in 2012 as a candidate in Michigan's Republican Party primary.
A three-judge panel at the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati said Wednesday that Michigan's law is constitutional.
The ruling affirms an earlier decision by Detroit federal Judge Paul Borman.
Published: Fri, May 3, 2013
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