RALEIGH - North Carolina's highest court has heard arguments on whether laws restricting which political groups can field candidates are so burdensome they violate the rights of voters.
The state Supreme Court on Thursday heard attorneys for Libertarians and Greens and for the state on the requirements to become a political party. The justices will rule later.
A group must collect tens of thousands of signatures to get on the ballot. The group must start over if neither its candidate for governor nor president receive 2 percent of the vote in an election.
The Court of Appeals ruled last year the requirements weren't illegal because the state has an interest to ensure a party has some small level of support. The third parties appealed, saying the thresholds require costly petition drives.
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