Libertarian Party Of Washington v. Munro

31 F.3d 759 The LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF WASHINGTON; Arthur Rathjen; Dan Blachly; Tom Isenberg, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ralph MUNRO, Secretary of State for Washington State; Brian Sonntag, Auditor for Pierce County, Washington; Jane Haugh, Elections Manager, for King County, Washington, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-36620. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 6, 1994. Decided July 14, 1994. Richard Shepard, Tacoma, WA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Jeffrey T. Even, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, WA, Roger J. Miener, Office of Pros. Atty., Tacoma, WA, Quentin R. Yerxa, King County Pros. Attys. Office, Seattle, WA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before: CANBY, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges and William B. Shubb * , District Judge. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 The Libertarian Party of Washington appeals the district court's grant of summary judgement in its suit under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 and the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2201 , challenging Washington state election procedures that effectively require minor party candidates to announce their candidacies four to five…