COMMON CAUSE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN v. JONES

No. 01-CV-3470.

213 F.Supp.2d 1106 (2001)

COMMON CAUSE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE OF GREATER LOS ANGELES, Common Cause Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, Chicano Federation of San Diego County, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Bryan Cahn, Miguel Contreras, Laura Ho, Rev. Norman Johnson, Joanne McKray, Trisha Murakawa, Thomas Rankin, Bob Richards, Plaintiffs, v. Bill JONES, California Secretary of State, Defendant.

United States District Court, C.D. California, Western Division.

August 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Kristovich, Bradley S. Phillips, Munger Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, CA, John C. Ulin, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, Los Angeles, CA, Mark D. Rosenbaum, Daniel P. Tokaji, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Evan H. Caminker, Munger Tolles & Olson, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Daniel George Stone, Louis R. Mauro, CAAG—Office of Attorney General of California, Correctional Law Section, Sacramento, CA, Douglas J. Woods, CAAG Office of Attorney General of California, Sacramento, CA, for Defendant.


ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS

WILSON, District Judge.

I. Background

Under Cal.Gov.Code § 12172.5, Cal. Elec.Code §§ 19100, & 19201, the Secretary of State of California has the power to publish a list of voting systems from which counties may choose. Currently this list includes a punch card system as well as other, according to plaintiffs, more reliable voting systems.

Plaintiffs allege that, because...

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