Independent Congressional Candidate Fights for “Independent” Ballot Label for Himself

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By Richard Winger David Swartout is an independent candidate for U.S. House from Michigan’s 7th district. Michigan law does not permit independent candidates to use any ballot label other than “No party affiliation.” Swartout is campaigning as an independent candidate and he filed a federal lawsuit on July 11 to obtain that label. He has a hearing in(More)… …read more

Source:: http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/09/independent-congressional-candidate-fights-for-independent-ballot-label-for-himself/