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JACOBUS v. ALASKA

No. 01-35666.

338 F.3d 1095 (2003)

Kenneth P. JACOBUS; Kenneth P. Jacobus, P.C.; Wayne Anthony Ross; Ross & Miner P.C.; Scott A. Kohlhaas, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. State of ALASKA; State of Alaska Public Offices Commission, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 12, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin T. Schultz, Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, for the defendants-appellants.

Kenneth P. Jacobus, Anchorage, Alaska, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Benjamin L. Ginsberg, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Republican National Committee.

Glenn J. Moramarco, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York City, New York, for amici curiae Senators John McCain and Russell Feingold and Representatives Christopher Shays and Martin Meehan.

Brenda Wright, National Voting Rights Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, for amicus curiae National Voting Rights Institute.

Before: Harlington WOOD, JR., Dorothy W. NELSON, and Richard A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Argued and Submitted April 4, 2002 — Seattle, Washington.

OPINION

PAEZ, Circuit Judge:

In 1996, the Alaska legislature enacted sweeping reforms to its campaign finance system. Corruption and the appearance of corruption had led to low voter turnout and widespread disillusionment with the electoral system. Determined to close loopholes left open by previous attempts to establish meaningful reform...

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