FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MARIA M. GONZALEZ; LUCIANO
VALENCIA; 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;
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,
5683
5684 GONZALEZ v. ARIZONA
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, 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;
GONZALEZ v. ARIZONA 5685
YVONNE PEARSON, Greenlee County No. 08-17094
Election Director; PENNY PEW, D.C. Nos.
Apache County Election Director; 2:06-cv-01268-ROS
HELEN PURCELL, Maricopa County 06-cv-01362-PCT-
Recorder; F. ANN RODRIGUEZ, Pima JAT
County Recorder, 06-cv-01575-PHX-
Defendants-Appellees,
EHC
MARIA M. GONZALEZ; BERNIE
ABEYTIA; ARIZONA HISPANIC
COMMUNITY FORUM; CHICANOS 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
5686 GONZALEZ v. ARIZONA
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, 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;
GONZALEZ v. ARIZONA 5687
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 No. 08-17115
Director; KAREN OSBORNE,
Maricopa County Election D.C. No.
2:06-cv-01268-ROS
Director; YVONNE PEARSON,
Greenlee County Election ORDER
Director; PENNY PEW, Apache
County Election Director; HELEN
PURCELL, Maricopa County
Recorder; F. ANN RODRIGUEZ, Pima
County Recorder,
Defendants-Appellees,
Filed April 27, 2011
ORDER
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.
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Maria Gonzalez v. State of Arizona
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