VOTING INTEGRITY PROJECT, INC. v. KEISLING

No. 99-35337.

259 F.3d 1169 (2001)

Voting Integrity Project, Inc.; Fred Decker; Alberta Bryant; Diana Evans; Charles Sauvie, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Phil Keisling, Secretary of State of Oregon, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Miller Baker, Charles Spies, and Richard B. Rogers, Carr, Goodson & Warner, Washington, D.C., for the appellant.

John DiLorenzo, Jr., and Aaron K. Stuckey, Hagen, Dye, Hirschy & Dilorenzo, Portland, Oregon, for the appellant.

Patrick M. McSweeney, McSweeney, Burtch, & Crump, Richmond, Virginia, for the appellant.

Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General, Salem, Oregon, for the appellee.

Before: Ruggero J. Aldisert, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this case is whether state legislation allowing people to vote by mail over an extended period violates a federal statute requiring that the election shall be held on a particular day.

Voting Integrity Project, Inc. and several individuals brought a federal civil rights suit for declaratory and injunctive relief,2 to establish that an Oregon statute that allows Oregonians...

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