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LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY v. BOWEN

No. 11-55316.

709 F.3d 867 (2013)

LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY; Theodore Brown; and Christopher Agrella, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Debra BOWEN, in her official capacity as Secretary of State of California, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Resubmitted February 25, 2013.

Filed March 6, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Bernhoft and Daniel J. Treuden , The Bernhoft Law Firm, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael Glenn Witmer , Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: HARRY PREGERSON, SUSAN P. GRABER, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge:

To qualify for the ballot in California, political candidates must file a "nomination paper" that includes a certain number of signatures from registered voters. Cal. Elec.Code §§ 8062, 8409. Commonly, candidates appoint persons, known in California as "circulators," to circulate the nomination paper for the purpose of gathering signatures. At issue here are California Elections Code sections 8066 and 8451, which...

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