RUSSELL v. LUNDERGAN-GRIMES

No. 14-6262.

784 F.3d 1037 (2015)

John RUSSELL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Alison LUNDERGAN-GRIMES, Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 28, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jacob C. Walbourn, Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellant Conway. Lynn Sowards Zellen, Office Of The Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Secretary of State and State Board of Elections Appellants. Christopher Wiest, Chris Wiest, Atty at Law, PLLC, Crestview Hills, Kentucky, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jacob C. Walbourn, Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, Lynn Sowards Zellen, Office of the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, Kentucky, Jessica R.C. Malloy, Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellants. Christopher Wiest, Chris Wiest, Atty at Law, PLLC, Crestview Hills, Kentucky, Brandon N. Voelker, Cold Spring, Kentucky, Jack S. Gatlin,  Thomas B. Bruns, Freund, Freeze & Arnold, Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky, for Appellees.

Before: BATCHELDER, McKEAGUE, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This case requires the balancing of First Amendment rights with the right to cast a ballot that is both tabulated and undiluted. Those voting rights are achieved by safeguarding the integrity of the ballot box against fraud, intimidation, and other degradations of the electoral process. Plaintiffs...

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