ARA v. SECRETARY OF STATE

Docket: Ken-20-262.

240 A.3d 45 (2020)

2020 ME 123

ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS et al. v. SECRETARY OF STATE et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: October 23, 2020.

Revised: November 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew S. Warner, Esq. , Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios, LLP, Portland, and John Devaney, Esq. (orally), Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, District of Columbia, for appellants Alliance for Retired Americans, Vote.org, Doug Born, and Don Berry.

Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, Phyllis Gardiner , Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Thomas Knowlton , Asst. Atty. Gen., and Jason D. Anton , Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, for appellees Secretary of State and Attorney General.

Patrick Strawbridge, Esq. (orally), and Alexa R. Baltes, Esq. , Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Boston, Massachusetts and Arlington, Virginia, for appellees Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, and Republican Party of Maine.

Zachary L. Heiden, Esq. (orally), and Emma E. Bond, Esq. , American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation.

Beth Ahearn, Esq. , Maine Conservation Voters, Augusta, for amicus curiae Maine Conservation Voters.

Dissent: JABAR, J.


[¶ 1] On June 24, 2020, two organizations, the Alliance for Retired Americans and Vote.org, and two Maine residents, Doug Born and Don Berry (collectively ARA), filed a complaint in the Superior Court (Kennebec County) against Maine's Secretary of State and Attorney General (collectively the Secretary) seeking a declaration that, inter...

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