Supreme Court of Minnesota August 8, 1980, No. 50531 (Minnesota Fifth Congressional District Independent-Republican Party v. State ex rel. Spannaus)

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WAHL, Justice.

The question for our decision is whether Minn.Stat. § 202A.22, subd. l(m) (1978), which requires that any candidate filing for a partisan municipal office as an “Independent” state in his affidavit of candidacy “that he did not seek, does not intend to seek, and will not accept any party’s support for his candidacy,” violates First Amendment rights of political