Nader

This preliminary injunction appeal comes to us for review under Ninth Circuit Rule 3-3. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (a)(1), and we affirm.

We subject a district court’s order regarding preliminary injunctive relief only to limited review. Walczak v. EPL Prolong, Inc., 198 F.3d 725, 730 (9th Cir. 1999). Our review of an order regarding a preliminary injunction “is much more limited than review of an order involving a permanent injunction, where all conclusions of law are freely reviewable.” Id. A decision regarding a preliminary injunction is reviewed for abuse of discretion, which occurs only if the district court based its decision on either an erroneous legal standard or clearly erroneous factual findings. Id.

Ralph Nader and Peter Camejo, independents running for President and Vice-President of the United States in the November 2004 general election, and some of their political supporters (“Appellants”) appeal the district court’s denial of their motion for injunctive relief against Janice Brewer in her official capacity as Secretary of State of Arizona. Appellants allege that Arizona’s elections statutes are unconstitutional in certain aspects, and seek to…