CRAWFORD v. MARION COUNTY ELECTION BD.

Nos. 06-2218, 06-2317.

472 F.3d 949 (2007)

William CRAWFORD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MARION COUNTY ELECTION BOARD, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Falk (argued), Indiana Civil Liberties Union, William R. Groth (argued), Fillenwarth, Dennerline, Grath & Towe, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Thomas M. Fisher (argued), Office of the Attorney General, James B. Osborn, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Karen Celestino-Horseman, Indianapolis, IN, Sidney S. Rosdeitcher, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, Todd Cornelius Zubler, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before POSNER, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

A number of candidates for public office, and voters, along with organizations such as the Democratic Party that are active in electoral politics, challenge a new Indiana voting law as an undue burden on the right to vote, a right that the Supreme Court has found latent in the Constitution. E.g., Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers Party, 440 U.S. 173, 184, 99 S.Ct. 983, 59 L.Ed.2d 230...

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