Whether a government can threaten criminal prosecution against voters who sign petitions supporting minor political party candidates without notice that the reprisal is inapplicable if they later change their minds to vote in a major party primary

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a government during the election process, without violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments, can threaten criminal prosecution against voters who sign petitions supporting minor political party presidential candidates and others seeking elected office, when it fails to give notice that the criminal reprisal is wholly inapplicable if the signatory voters later change their minds to cast ballots in a major political party primary for the same candidate position.