LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF KENTUCKY v. GRIMES

No. 16-6107.

835 F.3d 570 (2016)

LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF KENTUCKY; Libertarian National Committee, Inc.; Ken Moellman, Jr.; Constitution Party of Kentucky, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Alison Lundergan GRIMES, Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; Joshua G. Branscum, John Hampton, Stephen Huffman, Donald Blevins, Jr., Albert B. Chandler, III, and George Russell, Members of the State Board of Elections; Maryellen B. Allen, Executive Director, Kentucky State Board of Elections; Andrew G. Beshear, Attorney General, all in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 26, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Christopher Wiest , Robert A. Winter, Jr. , CHRIS WIEST, AAL, PLLC, Crestview Hills, Kentucky, for Appellants. Jonathan T. Salomon , Katherine Lacy Crosby , TACHAU MEEK PLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee Grimes and Board of Elections Appellees. S. Travis Mayo , Matt James , OFFICE OF THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee Beshear.

Before: MERRITT, BOGGS, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Appellants are the Libertarian Party of Kentucky, the Libertarian National Committee, the Constitution Party of Kentucky, and Ken Moellman, Jr., an individual voter and former Libertarian Party candidate for Kentucky state office. The gravamen of appellants' complaint is that Kentucky law unconstitutionally...

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