Arizona Libertarian Party v. Ken Bennett

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ARIZONA LIBERTARIAN PARTY; No. 13-16254

ARIZONA GREEN PARTY; JAMES

MARCH; KENT SOLBERG; STEVE DC No. LACKEY, 4:11 cv-0856 Plaintiffs-Appellants, CKJ

v.

ORDER AND

MICHELE REAGAN, Secretary of AMENDED State, OPINION Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Cindy K. Jorgenson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 29, 2015—University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, Tucson, Arizona

Filed April 24, 2015 Amended August 7, 2015

Before: A. Wallace Tashima, M. Margaret McKeown, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.

Order; Opinion by Judge Tashima; Concurrence by Judge McKeown SUMMARY*

Civil Rights

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in an action brought by the Arizona Green Party, the Arizona Libertarian Party, and three of their members alleging that Arizona’s voter registration form violates their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

In 2011, the…