First Mercantile Consumer Discount Co. v. Stefanelli

noting that the "competition in ideas" offered by minority and dissident political views "is at the core of our electoral process, representative democracy, and First Amendment freedoms" | noting that the “competition in ideas” offered by minority and dissident political views “is at the core of our electoral process, representative democracy, and First Amendment freedoms” | striking down a New York law requiring at least 50 signatures from each county in the state | wherein similar due process attack on the New York election board system by a minority party was denied | registered voters used to apportion solely because of finding that presence of military personnel made use of population figures inappropriate | 100 voters from 10 of Michigan's 83 counties