A federal appellate court on Tuesday affirmed a Sacramento judge’s rejection of a 27-year-old woman’s claim that she had a constitutional right to appear on California’s 2012 presidential primary ballot. [Ninth Circuit opinion available here]
U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. ruled that Peta Lindsay, who sought a place on the ballot as a Peace and Freedom Party candidate, was too young to be president, and thus had no right to be on the ballot.