Arizona Libertarian Party, Inc. v. Bayless

351 F.3d 1277 ARIZONA LIBERTARIAN PARTY, INC.; Barry Hess; Peter Schmerl; John Jason Auvenshine; Ed Kahn, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Betsey BAYLESS, Arizona Secretary of State, Defendant-Appellant, and Board of Supervisors of Pima County, Arizona, Defendant. No. 02-16535. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 9, 2003 — San Francisco, California. Filed December 8, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Paula Bickett and Joseph A. Kanefield, Assistant Attorneys General of the State of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, AZ, for the defendant-appellant. David T. Hardy, Tucson, Arizona, AZ, for the plaintiffs-appellees. Daniel R. Ortiz, University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville, Virginia, VA, for amicus curiae The Reform Institute, Inc. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona; Raner C. Collins, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-00144-RCC. Before: Mary M. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, Dorothy W. NELSON, and William A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. OPINION PER CURIAM: 1 Arizona Libertarian Party, Inc., and four of its members, challenge Arizona's semiclosed primary system, added to the state constitution by Arizona voters…