Dummett

Filed 7/21/14 Dummett v. Bowen CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

JOHN ALBERT DUMMETT, JR., et al., C073763

Plaintiffs and Appellants, (Super. Ct. No. 342012800001091CUWMGDS) v.

DEBRA BOWEN, as Secretary of State, etc.,

Defendant and Respondent.

In Keyes v. Bowen (2010) 189 Cal.App.4th 647 (Keyes), this court held that the California Secretary of State “does not have a duty to investigate and determine whether a presidential candidate meets [the] eligibility requirements of the United States Constitution.” (Id. at p. 651-652.) Within two years of the Keyes decision, plaintiff John Albert Dummett, Jr., a write-in presidential candidate in the 2012 California Republican primary, and others (hereafter…