Judge's Ruling Makes It Easier For Libertarians To Get On New Hampshire Ballot

A federal judge has lowered the threshold for Libertarian party candidates to get on the November ballot in New Hampshire.

Libertarians sued the governor and secretary of state on the grounds that the ballot access requirements were too burdensome during a time of coronavirus restrictions.

Libertarians can get on the ballot with 35 percent fewer signatures under the ruling issued by federal judge Joseph Laplante.

In his order issued Tuesday, Laplante wrote that COVID-19 restrictions combined with "strict enforcement of New Hampshire’s ballot-access signature requirements imposes a substantial burden, but not a severe one.”

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