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BACA v. COLORADO DEPT. OF STATE

No. 18-1173.

935 F.3d 887 (2019)

Micheal BACA; Polly Baca; Robert Nemanich, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Defendant-Appellee. Independence Institute; David G. Post; Derek T. Muller; Michael L. Rosin; Robert M. Hardaway, Professor of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law; Colorado Republican Committee, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED August 20, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Harrow , Equal Citizens, Cambridge, Massachusetts ( Jason B. Wesoky , Hamilton Defenders, Denver, Colorado, and Lawrence Lessig , Equal Citizens, Cambridge, Massachusetts, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellants.

Grant T. Sullivan , Assistant Solicitor General ( Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General; Frederick R. Yarger , Solicitor General; LeeAnn Morrill , First Assistant Attorney General; Matthew Grove , Assistant Solicitor General, with him on the brief), for Appellee Colorado Department of State, Denver, Colorado.

Michael Donofrio , Donofrio Asay PLC, Montpelier, Vermont, and Aaron Solomon , Hale Westfall, LLP, Denver, Colorado, filed an amicus brief on behalf of Michael L. Rosin and David G. Post .

David B. Kopel , Independence Institute, Denver, Colorado, filed an amicus brief on behalf of Independence Institute.

Michael Francisco , Statecraft, PLLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Derek T. Muller , Associate Professor of Law, Pepperdine University Law School, Malibu, California, filed an amicus brief on behalf of Derek T. Muller.

Jeffrey S. Hurd , Bernard A. Buescher , William A. Hobbs , Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, P.C., Denver, Colorado, and Robert M. Hardaway , Professor of Law, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Denver, Colorado, filed an amicus brief on behalf of Robert M. Hardaway .

Christopher O. Murray , Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Denver, Colorado, filed an amicus brief on behalf of Colorado Republican Committee.

Before BRISCOE, HOLMES, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.

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