Alan B. Burdick v. Morris Takushi, Director of Elections, State of Hawaii John Waihee, Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii Benjamin Cayetano, in His Capacity as Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii, Alan B. Burdick v. Benjamin Cayetano, in His Capacity as Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii Morris Takushi, Director of Elections of the State of Hawaii

927 F.2d 469 59 USLW 2550 Alan B. BURDICK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Morris TAKUSHI, Director of Elections, State of Hawaii; John Waihee, Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii; Benjamin Cayetano, in his Capacity as Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants. Alan B. BURDICK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin CAYETANO, in his Capacity as Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii; Morris Takushi, Director of Elections of the State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 90-15873, 90-15876 and 90-15877. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 5, 1990. Decided March 1, 1991. Steven S. Michaels, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellants. Mary Blaine Johnston, Wailuku, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellee. James M. Johnson, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for amicus curiae. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Before SKOPIL, BEEZER and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. BEEZER, Circuit Judge: 1 The district court ruled that Hawaii's lack of provision for the casting and counting of write-in votes in statewide general elections impermissibly infringed a Hawaii voter's rights of expression and…