HARVEY v. BREWER

Nos. 08-17253, 08-17567.

605 F.3d 1067 (2010)

Debra L. HARVEY and Catherine M. Beddard, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Janice K. BREWER, Governor; Ken Bennett, Secretary of State of Arizona; and F. Ann Rodriguez, Pima County Recorder, in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees. Armando Coronado; Joseph Rubio; Michael Garza; Michele Convie; and Raymond Lewis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Janice K. Brewer, Governor; Ken Bennett, Secretary of State of Arizona; F. Ann Rodriguez, Pima County Recorder; and Helen Purcell, Maricopa County Recorder, in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Cosgrove, Menlo Park, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants Debra L. Harvey and Catherine M. Beddard.

Daniel Pochoda, American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, for plaintiffs-appellants Armando Coronado, Joseph Rubio, Michael Garza, Michele Convie, and Raymond Lewis.

Laughlin McDonald, Neil Bradley, and Nancy G. Abudu, American Civil Liberties Union Voting Rights Project, Atlanta, GA, for plaintiffs-appellants Armando Coronado, Joseph Rubio, Michael Garza, Michele Convie, and Raymond Lewis.

Terry Goddard, Attorney General, Mary O'Grady, Solicitor General, Timothy A. Nelson, Chief Deputy Attorney General, and Barbara A. Bailey, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for defendants-appellees Janice Brewer and Ken Bennett.

Barbara LaWall, Pima County Attorney, Daniel Jurkowitz, Deputy County Attorney, Tucson, AZ, for defendant-appellee F. Ann Rodriguez.

Dennis I. Wilenchik and Kathleen E. Rapp, Wilenchik and Bartness, P.C., Phoenix, AZ; Colleen Connor, Maricopa County, Office of General Litigation Services, Phoenix, AZ, for defendant-appellee Helen Purcell.

Erika Wood and Myrna Pérez, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY, on behalf of amicus curiae the Brennan Center for Justice.

Lawrence S. Lustberg, Jennifer B. Condon, Gibbons, P.C., Newark, NJ, on behalf of amicus curiae the Brennan Center for Justice.

Before: SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR, Associate Justice, ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judge.


O'CONNOR, Associate Justice (Ret.):

Arizona's Constitution provides: "No person who is adjudicated an incapacitated person shall be qualified to vote at any election, nor shall any person convicted of treason or felony, be qualified to vote at any election unless restored to civil rights." Ariz. Const. art. VII, § 2. Arizona statutes give effect to this constitutional provision by suspending the voting rights of any person convicted of a felony, Ariz.Rev.Stat...

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