United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT October 6, 2004
Charles R. Fulbruge III
No. 04-50901 Clerk
RALPH NADER, Candidate for President of the United States;
STEPHEN E. SMAHA; SUZANNE RUSSO; and LUCRETIA KRAUSE,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
versus
GEOFFREY S. CONNOR,
Secretary of State for the State of Texas,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
Before DeMOSS, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Plaintiffs-Appellants Ralph Nader, et al., appeal from the
district court’s decision denying their First and Fourteenth
Amendment constitutional challenges to the Texas Election Code,
specifically sections 192.32(a), 192.32(b)(3)(A), 192.32(c), and
192.32(d). Essentially for the reasons as well stated in the
district court’s memorandum opinion, Nader v. Connor, --- F. Supp.
2d ---, 2004 WL 2002248 (W.D. Tex. Sept. 1, 2004), we AFFIRM that
court’s final judgment declaring the challenged Texas Election Code
provisions legal and constitutional.
AFFIRMED.
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