The No Labels Party of Arizona can’t prohibit its members from seeking to run as downballot candidates by asking the state’s top election official to refuse the candidates’ statements of interest, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
The three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned a lower court injunction that prevented Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) from accepting interest statements from five candidates who wanted to run under the No Labels banner in non-presidential races.
The ruling has major implications for how political parties can control their primaries and internal structure.
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