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RAINBOW COALITION v. OKLAHOMA STATE ELECTION BD.

No. 87-2360.

844 F.2d 740 (1988)

RAINBOW COALITION OF OKLAHOMA; Floyd Turner, Chairman of the Rainbow Coalition of Oklahoma, Plaintiffs, and Libertarian Party of Oklahoma; Charles Burris, Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma; Populist Party of Oklahoma, Inc., an Oklahoma non-profit corporation; and Bill Chandler, Chairman of the Populist Party of Oklahoma, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The OKLAHOMA STATE ELECTION BOARD; Betty McElderry, Chairman of the Oklahoma State Election Board; Angela Ables, Vice Chairman of the Oklahoma State Election Board; Mona Lambird, member of the Oklahoma State Election Board; and Lee Slater, Secretary of the Oklahoma State Election Board, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Spencer, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert H. Henry, Atty. Gen. of Oklahoma, with him on the briefs), Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants-appellees.

James C. Linger, of Butler & Linger, Tulsa, Okl. (Loren L. Baker, Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on the briefs), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Before SEYMOUR and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, SAFFELS, District Judge.

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

The Rainbow Coalition, Libertarian, and Populist Parties of Oklahoma brought this action against the Oklahoma State Election Board pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), asserting that Oklahoma's ballot access and voter registration laws violate their rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Both sides filed motions for summary judgment. The district court ruled in favor of the Board and denied plaintiffs' requested declaratory...

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