FILED
FOR PUBLICATION APR 27 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MARIA M. GONZALEZ; LUCIANO No. 08-17094
VALENCIA; THE INTER TRIBAL
COUNCIL OF ARIZONA, INC.; D.C. Nos. 2:06-cv-01268-ROS
ARIZONA ADVOCACY NETWORK; 06-cv-01362-PCT-JAT
STEVE M. GALLARDO; LEAGUE OF 06-cv-01575-PHX-EHC
UNITED LATIN AMERICAN
CITIZENS ARIZONA; LEAGUE OF
WOMEN VOTERS OF ARIZONA; ORDER
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
FOUNDATION; HOPI TRIBE,
Plaintiffs,
and
BERNIE ABEYTIA; ARIZONA
HISPANIC COMMUNITY FORUM;
CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA;
FRIENDLY HOUSE; JESUS
GONZALEZ; DEBBIE LOPEZ;
SOUTHWEST VOTER
REGISTRATION EDUCATION
PROJECT; VALLE DEL SOL;
PROJECT VOTE,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
STATE OF ARIZONA; KEN
BENNETT, in his official capacity as
Secretary of State of Arizona; SHELLY
BAKER, La Paz County Recorder;
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BERTA MANUZ, Greenlee County
Recorder; CANDACE OWENS,
Coconino County Recorder; LYNN
CONSTABLE, Yavapai County
Election Director; KELLY DASTRUP,
Navajo County Election Director;
LAURA DEAN-LYTLE, Pinal County
Recorder; JUDY DICKERSON,
Graham County Election Director;
DONNA HALE, La Paz County
Election Director; SUSAN
HIGHTOWER MARLAR, Yuma
County Recorder; GILBERTO
HOYOS, Pinal County Election
Director; LAURETTE JUSTMAN,
Navajo County Recorder; PATTY
HANSEN, Coconino County Election
Director; CHRISTINE RHODES,
Cochise County Recorder; LINDA
HAUGHT ORTEGA, Gila County
Recorder; DIXIE MUNDY, Gila County
Election Director; BRAD NELSON,
Pima County Election Director;
KAREN OSBORNE, Maricopa County
Election Director; YVONNE
PEARSON, Greenlee County Election
Director; PENNY PEW, Apache County
Election Director; HELEN PURCELL,
Maricopa County Recorder; F. ANN
RODRIGUEZ, Pima County Recorder,
Defendants - Appellees,
YES ON PROPOSITION 200,
Defendant - Intervenor - Appellee.
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MARIA M. GONZALEZ; BERNIE No. 08-17115
ABEYTIA; ARIZONA HISPANIC
COMMUNITY FORUM; CHICANOS D.C. No. 2:06-cv-01268-ROS
POR LA CAUSA; FRIENDLY HOUSE;
JESUS GONZALEZ; DEBBIE LOPEZ;
SOUTHWEST VOTER
REGISTRATION EDUCATION
PROJECT; LUCIANO VALENCIA;
VALLE DEL SOL; PEOPLE FOR THE
AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION;
PROJECT VOTE,
Plaintiffs,
and
THE INTER TRIBAL COUNCIL OF
ARIZONA, INC.; ARIZONA
ADVOCACY NETWORK; STEVE M.
GALLARDO; LEAGUE OF UNITED
LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
ARIZONA; LEAGUE OF WOMEN
VOTERS OF ARIZONA; HOPI
TRIBE,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
STATE OF ARIZONA; KEN
BENNETT, in his official capacity as
Secretary of State of Arizona; SHELLY
BAKER, La Paz County Recorder;
BERTA MANUZ, Greenlee County
Recorder; CANDACE OWENS,
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Coconino County Recorder; PATTY
HANSEN, Coconino County Election
Director; KELLY DASTRUP, Navajo
County Election Director; LYNN
CONSTABLE, Yavapai County
Election Director; LAURA DEAN-
LYTLE, Pinal County Recorder; JUDY
DICKERSON, Graham County Election
Director; DONNA HALE, La Paz
County Election Director; SUSAN
HIGHTOWER MARLAR, Yuma
County Recorder; GILBERTO
HOYOS, Pinal County Election
Director; LAURETTE JUSTMAN,
Navajo County Recorder; CHRISTINE
RHODES, Cochise County Recorder;
LINDA HAUGHT ORTEGA, Gila
County Recorder; DIXIE MUNDY, Gila
County Election Director; BRAD
NELSON, Pima County Election
Director; KAREN OSBORNE,
Maricopa County Election Director;
YVONNE PEARSON, Greenlee County
Election Director; PENNY PEW,
Apache County Election Director;
HELEN PURCELL, Maricopa County
Recorder; F. ANN RODRIGUEZ, Pima
County Recorder,
Defendants - Appellees,
YES ON PROPOSITION 200,
Defendant - Intervenor - Appellee.
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KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:
Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused active judges, it is ordered that
this case be reheard en banc pursuant to Circuit Rule 35-3. The three-judge panel
opinion shall not be cited as precedent by or to any court of the Ninth Circuit.