The Associated Press has this story about the Constitution Party’s lawsuit against South Dakota election laws that make it extremely difficult for small ballot-qualified parties to place nominees on their own primary ballots.

The South Dakota law is peculiar. It requires the Constitution Party to obtain 250 signatures of party members on petitions to place members of the party on its own primary ballot. But, if the Constitution Party had polled 2.5% of the vote for Governor in November 2006, then the Constitution Party candidates this year would only need 84 signatures of party members.

The article does not mention the other issue in the case, the state’s ban on out-of-state circulators.