LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA v. FLORIDA SEC'Y

No. 22-11143.

81 F.4th 1328 (2023)

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FLORIDA SECRETARY OF STATE, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: September 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Erik Elias , Christina A. Ford , David Robert Fox , Lalitha D. Madduri , Aria Branch , Elisabeth Frost , Elias Law Group, LLP, Washington, DC, Frederick Stanton Wermuth , Thomas A. Zehnder , King Blackwell Zehnder & Wermuth, PA, New Smyrna, FL, Danielle E. Sivalingam , Perkins Coie LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees League of Women Voters of Florida, League of Women Voters of Florida Education Fund, Inc., Black Voters Matter Fund, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, Inc., Cecile Scoon, Robert Brigham, Alan Madison.

Marc Erik Elias , Christina A. Ford , David Robert Fox , Lalitha D. Madduri , Aria Branch , Elisabeth Frost , Elias Law Group, LLP, Washington, DC, Frederick Stanton Wermuth , King Blackwell Zehnder & Wermuth, PA, New Smyrna, FL, Danielle E. Sivalingam , Perkins Coie LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee Susan Rogers.

John A. Freedman , Jeremy Karpatkin , Elisabeth S. Theodore , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Washington, DC, Miranda Galindo , Latino Justice, Tampa, FL, Estee Meira Konor , Kira Romero-Craft , Demos, New York, NY, Janine Marie Lopez , ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc., Miami, FL, Jeffrey Andrew Miller , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Cesar Z. Ruiz , LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, NY, Aaron Stiefel , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Florida Rising Together, UnidosUs, Hispanic Federation, Poder Latinx.

John A. Freedman , Jeremy Karpatkin , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Washington, DC, Miranda Galindo , Latino Justice, Tampa, FL, Estee Meira Konor , Kira Romero-Craft , Demos, New York, NY, Jeffrey Andrew Miller , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Cesar Z. Ruiz , LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee Equal Ground Education Fund.

Elisabeth S. Theodore , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Washington, DC, Kira Romero-Craft , Demos, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee Faith in Florida.

Morenike Fajana , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Elizabeth T. Fouhey , Dillon Grimm, Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, DC, Elisabeth Frost , Elias Law Group, LLP, Washington, DC, Amia Trigg , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee Florida State Conference of Branches and Youth Units of the NAACP.

P. Benjamin Duke , Covington & Burling, LLP, New York, NY, Morenike Fajana , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Elizabeth T. Fouhey , Dillon Grimm , Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, DC, Amia Trigg , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee Common Cause.

P. Benjamin Duke , Covington & Burling, LLP, New York, NY, Morenike Fajana , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Elizabeth T. Fouhey , Dillon Grimm , Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, DC, Elisabeth Frost , Elias Law Group, LLP, Washington, DC, Amia Trigg , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee Disability Rights Florida.

Jack Genberg , Bradley E. Heard , Nancy G. Abudu , Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Michelle Kanter Cohen , Fair Elections Center, Washington, DC, Matletha Bennette , Southern Poverty Law Center, Tallahassee, FL, Angela Vigil , Baker McKenzie, LLP, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighters Corp.

Leslie Claire Bailey , Samuel Isaac Ferenc , John A. Freedman , Jeremy Karpatkin , Elisabeth S. Theodore , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Washington, DC, Daniel Ross Bernstein , Ryan D. Budhu , Andrew Richard Hirschel , Aaron Stiefel , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, New York, NY, Andrew C. Case , LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, NY, Miranda Galindo , Latino Justice, Tampa, FL, Janine Marie Lopez , ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc., Miami, FL, Jeffrey Andrew Miller , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Kira Romero-Craft , Demos, New York, NY, Sharion Trenell Scott , Advancement Project, Washington, DC, Esperanza Segarra , Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Haitian Neighborhood Center Sant LA, Mi Familia Vota Education Fund.

P. Benjamin Duke , Shira M. Pollak , Covington & Burling, LLP, New York, NY, Ellen Choi , Robert Fram , Covington & Burling, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Morenike Fajana , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Elizabeth T. Fouhey , Miles Lindsey Galbraith , Jad H. Khazem , Virginia Anne Williamson , Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, DC, Nellie Linn King , West Palm Beach, FL, Cyrus S. Nasseri , Washington, DC, Amia Trigg , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee Florida State Conference of the NAACP.

Nancy G. Abudu , Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Michelle Kanter Cohen , Jason David Sherman , Fair Elections Center, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee Head Count, Inc.

Nancy G. Abudu , Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Debra A. Dandeneau , William H. Devaney, III , Carlton Aline Tarpley , Baker & McKenzie LLP, New York, NY, Jason David Sherman , Fair Elections Center, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Paralyzed Veterans of America Florida Chapter, Paralyzed Veterans of America Central. Florida Chapter, Stephen Kirk.

Nancy G. Abudu , Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Jason David Sherman , Fair Elections Center, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee Phyllis Resnick.

Tyler Richard Green , Consovoy McCarthy, PLLC, Salt Lake City, UT, Steven Christopher Begakis , Cameron Thomas Norris , Daniel Joseph Shapiro , Consovoy McCarthy, PLLC, Arlington, VA, Benjamin J. Gibson , George N. Meros, Jr. , Daniel Nordby , Tara R. Price , Shutts & Bowen, LLP, Tallahassee, FL, Amber S. Nunnally , Lawson Huck Gonzalez, PLLC, Tallahassee, FL, Frank Zacherl , Shutts & Bowen, LLP, Miami, FL, for Intervenors-Appellants Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Henry Charles Whitaker , Karen Ann Brodeen , William Edward Chorba , William H. Stafford, III , Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Bilal Ahmed Faruqui , Office of the Attorney General, Complex Litigation Bureau, Tallahassee, FL, Phillip Michael Gordon , Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC, Haymarket, VA, Rachel Siegel , Office of the Attorney General, Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Florida Attorney General.

Frank Mari , Roper, PA, Orlando, FL, for Defendants-Appellees Brevard County Supervisor of Elections, DeSoto County Supervisor of Elections, Flagler County Supervisor of Elections, Gilchrist County Supervisor of Elections, Gulf County Supervisor of Elections, Highlands County Supervisor of Elections, Jefferson County Supervisor of Elections, Madison County Supervisor of Elections.

Michael Beato , Mohammad O. Jazil , Gary V. Perko , Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak, PLLC, Tallahassee, FL, Karen Ann Brodeen , William H. Stafford, III , Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, William David Chappell , Ashley E. Davis , Bradley Robert McVay , Colleen E. O'Brien , Florida Department of State, Office of the General Counsel, Tallahassee, FL, John J. Cycon , Kenneth Clark Daines , Dallin Holt , Phillip Michael Gordon , Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC, Haymarket, VA, Bilal Ahmed Faruqui , Office of the Attorney General, Complex Litigation Bureau, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Florida Secretary of State.

Andre V. Bardos , James Timothy Moore, Jr. , GrayRobinson, PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants-Appellants Lake County Supervisor of Elections, Lee County Supervisor of Elections.

Karen Ann Brodeen , William Edward Chorba , William H. Stafford, III , Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Bilal Ahmed Faruqui , Office of the Attorney General, Complex Litigation Bureau, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Attorney General, State of Florida.

Stewart Whitson , Foundation for Government Accountability, Naples, FL, Madeline Malisa , Law Office of Madeline Malisa, Portland, ME, for Amicus Curiae Foundation for Government Accountability.

Christopher Ernest Mills , Spero Law, LLC, Charleston, SC, for Amicus Curiae The Honest Elections Project.

Gene C. Schaerr , H. Christopher Bartolomucci , Erik S. Jaffe , Joshua James Prince , Schaerr Jaffe, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae State of Georgia.

John Gore , Edward Stewart Crosland , Caleb Paul Redmond , Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections.

Kaylan Lytle Phillips , Public Interest Legal Foundation, Alexandria, VA, for Amicus Curiae Public Interest Legal Foundation.

Matthew James Clark , Alabama Center for Law and Liberty, Birmingham, AL, for Amici Curiae Alabama Center for Law and Liberty, American Constitutional Rights Union.

Jeremy Girton , Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Office of the Solicitor General, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae District of Columbia, State of New York, State of California, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, State of Illinois, State of Maine, State of Maryland, State of Massachusetts, State of Michigan, State of Minnesota, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Oregon, State of Pennsylvania, State of Rhode Island, State of Washington.

Anna Marks Baldwin , Erin H. Flynn , DOJ-Crt, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

Before William Pryor, Chief Judge, Wilson, Jordan, Jill Pryor, Newsom, Branch, Grant, Luck, Lagoa, and Brasher, Circuit Judges.


BY THE COURT:

A petition for rehearing having been filed and a member of this Court in active service having requested a poll on whether this appeal should be reheard by the Court sitting en banc, and a majority of the judges in active service on this Court having voted against granting rehearing en banc, IT IS ORDERED that this appeal will not be reheard en banc.

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