NEW GEORGIA PROJECT v. RAFFENSPERGER

No. 20-13360-D.

976 F.3d 1278 (2020)

The NEW GEORGIA PROJECT, Reagan Jennings, Candace Woodall, Beverly Pyne, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Brad RAFFENSPERGER, in his official capacity as the Georgia Secretary of State and the Chair of the Georgia State Election Board, Rebecca N. Sullivan, David J. Worley, Matthew Mashburn, Ahn Le, in their official capacities as Members of the Georgia State Election Board, Defendants-Appellants, Mary Carole Cooney, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 2, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Erik Elias , Amanda Rebecca Callais , Perkins Coie, LLP, Washington, DC, Kevin J. Hamilton , Stephanie R. Holstein , Perkins Coie, LLP, Seattle, WA, Amanda Rebecca Callais , Perkins Coie, LLP, Anchorage, AK, Halsey G. Knapp, Jr. , Joyce Gist Lewis , Adam M. Sparks , Krevolin & Horst, LLC, Atlanta, GA, Christian Ramses Ruiz , Perkins Coie, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Lilian Margarita Timmermann , Perkins Coie, LLP, Denver, CO, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Vincent R. Russo , Josh Belinfante , Attorney, Alexander Fraser Denton , Melanie Leigh Johnson , Brian Edward Lake , Carey Allen Miller , Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante & Littlefield, LLC, Christopher Michael Carr , Charlene S. McGowan , Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Mithun Mansinghani , Attorney General's Office, Oklahoma City, OK, for Amici Curiae State of Arizona, State of Arkansas, State of Florida, State of Idaho, State of Indiana, State of Kansas, State of Kentucky, State of Louisiana, State of Mississippi, State of Missouri, State of Montana, State of Nebraska, State of North Dakota, State of Tennessee, State of Texas, State of South Carolina, State of South Dakota, State of West Virginia.

Cameron Thomas Norris , Consovoy McCarthy, PLLC, Arlington, VA, for Amici Curiae Republican National Committee, Georgia Republican Party, Inc.

Jason Brett Torchinsky , Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky, PLLC, Haymarket, VA, for Amicus Curiae Honest Elections Project.

Before WILSON, GRANT, and LAGOA, Circuit Judges.


The United States Constitution still gives States the power to set the "Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives." U.S. Const. art. I, § 4, cl. 1. And that power "is matched by state control over the election process for state offices." ...

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