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DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WASHINGTON STATE v. REED

Nos. 02-35422, 02-35424, 02-35428.

343 F.3d 1198 (2003)

DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WASHINGTON STATE; Paul Berendt; James Apa; Helen Carlstrom; Vivian Caver; Charlotte Coker; Edward Cote; Ted Highley; Sally Kapphahn; Karen Marchioro; David Mcdonald, Joseph Nilsson; David Peterson; Margarita Prentice; Karen Price; Marilyn Sayan; John Thompson; Ya-Yue Van, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Washington State Grange; Terry Hunt; Jane Hodde, Intervenors-Appellees, and Republican State Committee of Washington, Jeff Kent; Lindsey Echelbarger; Libertarian Party of Washington; Washington State Grange; Terry Hunt; Jane Hodde; Christopher Vance; Dione Ludlow; John Mills; Freedom Socialist Party; Green Party of Washington; Chris Caputo; Donald Crawford; Erne Lewis, Intervenor, v. Sam REED, Secretary of State of the State of Washington, Defendant-Appellee. Democratic Party of Washington State; Paul Berendt; James Apa; Helen Carlstrom; Vivian Caver; Charlotte Coker; Edward Cote; Ted Highley; Sally Kapphahn; Karen Marchioro; David Mcdonald, Joseph Nilsson; David Peterson; Margarita Prentice; Karen Price; Marilyn Sayan; John Thompson; Ya-Yue Van, Plaintiffs, Jeff Kent, Libertarian Party of Washington; Washington State Grange; Terry Hunt; Jane Hodde; Dione Ludlow; John Mills; Freedom Socialist Party; Green Party of Washington; Chris Caputo; Donald Crawford; Erne Lewis, Intervenor, and Republican State Committee of Washington, Jeff Kent; Lindsey Echelbarger; Libertarian Party of Washington; Washington State Grange; Terry Hunt; Jane Hodde; Christopher Vance; Dione Ludlow; John Mills; Freedom Socialist Party; Green Party of Washington; Chris Caputo; Donald Crawford; Erne Lewis; Democratic Party of Washington State Christopher Vance; Lindsey Echelbarger; Diane Tebelius, Intervenors-Appellants, Washington State Grange; Terry Hunt; Jane Hodde, Intervenors-Appellees, v. Sam Reed, Secretary of State of the State of Washington, Defendant-Appellee. Democratic Party of Washington State; Paul Berendt; James Apa; Helen Carlstrom; Vivian Caver; Charlotte Coker; Edward Cote; Ted Highley; Sally Kapphahn; Karen Marchioro; David Mcdonald, Joseph Nilsson; David Peterson; Margarita Prentice; Karen Price; Marilyn Sayan; John Thompson; Ya-Yue Van, Plaintiffs, Opinion Christopher Vance; Republican State Committee of Washington, Jeff Kent; Lindsey Echelbarger; Dione Ludlow; Freedom Socialist Party; Green Party of Washington; Diane Tebelius, Intervenors, and Democratic Party of Washington State Reed Libertarian Party of Washington State; John Mills; Chris Caputo; Donald Crawford; Erne Lewis, Intervenors-Appellants, Washington State Grange; Terry Hunt; Jane Hodde, Intervenors-Appellees, v. Sam Reed, Secretary of State of the State of Washington, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 15, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. McDonald (argued and briefed), James A. Goeke (briefed), Jonathan H. Harrison (briefed), Preston, Gates & Ellis, LLP, Seattle, Washington, for appellants Democratic Party of Washington State, et al.

John J. White Jr., (argued and briefed) and Kevin B. Hansen (briefed), Livengood, Carter, Tjossem, Fitzgerald & Alskog, PLLC, Kirkland, Washington, for appellants Republican State Committee of Washington, et al.

Richard Shepard, Shepard Law Office, Tacoma, Washington, for appellants Libertarian Party of Washington State, et al.

James K. Pharris (argued and briefed), Senior Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, Washington, and Jeffrey T. Even (briefed), Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, Washington, for appellee Sam Reed.

James M. Johnson, Olympia, Washington, for appellees Washington State Grange, et al.

Before: Andrew J. KLEINFELD, and M. Margaret McKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and Charles R. BREYER, District Judge.

Argued and Submitted February 6, 2003 — Seattle, Washington.

OPINION

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

The State of Washington conducts a "blanket" primary, in which voters choose candidates without being restricted to candidates of any particular party. The Democratic, Republican and Libertarian Parties all challenged the law, claiming that it unconstitutionally restrains their supporters' freedom of association...

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