Doug Smith v. Anne Helzer

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DOUG SMITH; ROBERT GRIFFIN; No. 22-35612

ALLEN VEZEY; ALBERT

HAYNES; TREVOR SHAW; D.C. No. 3:22-cv-

FAMILIES OF THE LAST 00077-SLG

FRONTIER; ALASKA FREE

MARKET COALITION,

OPINION

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

ANNE HELZER, in her official capacity as chair of the Alaska Public Offices Commission; LANETTE

BLODGETT; RICHARD STILLIE,

Jr.; SUZANNE HANCOCK; DAN LASOTA, official capacities as members of the Alaska Public Offices Commissions,

Defendants-Appellees,

ALASKANS FOR BETTER

ELECTIONS, INC.,

Intervenor-Defendant- Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Sharon L. Gleason, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 9, 2023 Portland, Oregon

Filed March 15, 2024

Before: Mary H. Murguia, Chief Judge, and Danielle J. Forrest and Jennifer Sung, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Chief Judge Murguia; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Forrest

SUMMARY *

First Amendment/Campaign Finance

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction sought by…