5; Libertarian Party v. Bond, 764 F.2d 538, 541 (8th Cir.1985). “These rights rank among our most precious freedoms,” Libertarian Party, 764 F.2d at 541, and are thus protected against federal encroachment by the First Amendment and state infringement by the Fourteenth Amendment, Williams, 393 U.S. at 30-31, 89 S.Ct. 5. The Supreme Court has emphasized the fundamental nature of these rights: “ ‘No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a voice in the election of those who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined.’ ” Id. at 30, 89 S.Ct. 5 (quoting Wesberry v. Sanders, 376 U.S. 1, 17, 84 S.Ct. 526, 11 L.Ed.2d 481 (1964)). Consequently, 1970, 29 L.Ed.2d 554 (1971) (<HOLDING>); Williams, 393 U.S. at 24-26, 89 S.Ct. 5
holding that factual basis inquiry is one way of satisfying the constitutional requirement that a guilty plea be voluntary and intelligent but it is not mandated by due process holding a 5 signature requirement constitutional because it in no way freezes the status quo holding that where defendant did not dispute any of the facts supporting the career offender status in district court there is no constitutional violation in relying on defendants prior convictions holding as constitutional a 1 vote requirement in a blanket primary holding that the constitutional requirement for ripeness is injury in fact