FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNIT E D ST AT E S CO URT O F APPE AL S FO R T H E NINT HCIRCUIT
L E SL I E FE L DM AN; L UZ M AGAL L ANE S; M E RCE DE Z H YM E S; JUL IO M O RE R A; CL E O O VAL L E ; PE T E RSO N Z AH , For m e r Chair m an and Fir st Pr e side nt of the Navajo Nation; T H E DE M O CRAT IC NAT IO NAL CO M M IT T E E ; DSCC, AK ADe m oc r atic Se nator ial Cam paign Com m itte e ; T H E ARIZ O NA DE M O CRAT IC PART Y; KIRKPAT RICK

FO R U.S. SE NAT E ; H IL L ARY FO R AM E RICA ,

Pla i ntiffs-Appe lla

nts, B E RNIE 2016, INC. ,

Inte rve nor-Pla intiffAppe lla nt,
v. ARIZ O NA SE CRE T ARY O F ST AT E ’S O FFICE ; M I CH E L E RE AGAN, in he r offic ial c apac ity as Se c r e tar y of State of Ar iz ona; M ARICO PA CO UNT Y B O ARD O F SUPE RV ISO R S; DE NNY B ARNE Y; ST E V E CH U CRI; ANDY KUNASE K ; CL INT H ICK M AN; ST E V E GAL L ARDO , m e m be rof the M ar ic opa County B oar d of Supe r visor s, in the iroffic ial c apac itie s; M ARICO PA No. 16-16865 D.C . No. 2:16-c v-01065-DLR Distric t of Ariz ona , Phoe nix
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E L E CT IO NS DE P ART M E NT ; H E L E N PURCE L L , in he roffic ial c apac ity as M ar ic opa County Re c or de r ; K ARE N O SB O RNE , in he roffic i a l c apac ity as M ar ic opa County E le c tions Dir e c tor ; M ARK B RNO V ICH , in his offic ial c apac ity as Ar i z o na Attor ne y G e ne r al,

De fe nda nts-Appe lle e s, T H E ARIZ O NA RE P UB L ICAN PART Y; DE B B IE L E SK O ; T O NY RIV E RO ; B IL L GAT E S; SUZ ANNE KL APP, Inte rve nor-De fe ndantsAppe lle e s.
B E F O RE : T H O M AS , C hie f Judge and O ’SCANNL AIN , W . FL E T CH E R , RAW L INSO N , CL IFT O N , B YB E E , CAL L AH AN , N. R. SM IT H , M URG UIA , WAT FO RD , a

n d O W E NS , C irc uit Judge s. PE R CURIAM : En ba nc ora l a rgum e nt will ta

ke pla c e during thewe e k of Ja nua ry 17, 2017, in Sa n Franc isc o, C a lifornia . The date an d tim e will bede te rm ine d by se p a rate orde r. Pla intiffs’ m otion for a n injunc tion pe nding a

ppe a l is DE NIE D. In this a c tion, plaintiffs c ha lle nge the provisions of Ariz ona la w tha t pre c lude s c ounting bal lots tha t a re c a st outside

of the vote r’ s de s igna

te d pre c inc t,
e ve n whe n thoseba llots inc l ude ra c e s a nd ba llot m e a sure s for whic h the vote r is 2e ligibleand qua lifie d to vote . Pla intiffs a rgue tha t this proc e dure viola

te s the Voting R ights Ac t of 1965, a

nd theFourte e nth Am e ndm e nt to theC o nstitution. The distric t c ourt de nie d the pla intiffs’ re que st for a pre limina

ry injunc tion. A divide d thre e judgepa

ne l a ffirm e d the distric t c ourt’ s orde r. A m a jority of the
non-re c use d a c tive judge s the n vote d to re he ar this c a se e n ba nc . En ba nc argum e nt

will bec o nfine d to theque stion of whethe r or not a pre l im ina ry injunc tion should issue

a s to futuree le c tions. Thee n ba n c c ourt will not c onside r whe the r or not out-of-pre c inc t vote s should bec ounte d in thepe nding ge ne ra l e l e c tion. C urre nt Ariz ona e le c tion la

w, pra c tic e s, a

nd proc e dure s a s to outof-pre c inc t voting will be fully a pplic a ble to this e le c tion. Thee n ba nc c ourt de c line s to issueany orde r that would potentia lly disrupt proc e dure s in the upc om ing e le c t ion. Purc e ll v . Gonzale z , 549 U.S. 1, 4 (2006) (per c uriam ). For furthe r inform ation or spe c i a l re que s ts re ga rding sc he duling, ple a se
c onta c t De puty

C le rk Pa u l Ke lle r at pa

ul_ke lle r@c a 9.usc ourts.gov or (206) 224- 2236. W ithin sev e n da

y s from the date of this order, the pa rtie s sha ll forwa

rd to the C le rk of C ourt twe nty -five a dditional pa p e r c opie s of theorigina l brie fs a nd twe l ve
a dditional pa

pe r c o pie s of the e xc e rpts of re c o rd. The pa pe r c o pie s m

ust be
a c c om pa nie d by c e rtific ation (a

tta c he d to thee nd of e a c h c opy of the brie f) that the
3brie f is ide ntic a l to theve rsion submitte d e le c tronic a l ly . A sa m ple c e rtific ate is
ava ila ble at http://www.c a 9.usc ourts.gov/da ta store /uploa d s/c m e c f/C e rtific at e -for-B rie f-inPa pe r-Form at.pdf. Thepa

pe r c opie s sha l l be printe d from the PDF ve rsion of the brie f c re ate d from

the word proc e ssing a

p plic ation, not from

PAC ER or Appe lla

te EC F.

T H O M A S, Chie f Judge , c onc ur r ing in par t, and disse nting in par t, w ith w hom W . FL E T C H E R, RAW L INSO N, AND M URG UIA, Cir c uit Judge s, join: I a gre e tha

t this a ppe a l should be

re he ard e n ba

nc for the re a sons sta

te d in
m y disse nt. Fe ldman v . Arizona Sec ’yof State , 2016 WL 6472060, a t *10–21 (9th C ir. 2016) (Thoma s, J., dissenting). The issue s pre se nte d a re im porta nt for both the pre s e nt a n d future e le c tions. Howe v e r, I would hold a

rgum e nt a nd de c ide the a

p pe a l prior to the
c e rtific ation of re sults for thepre se nt e l e c tion. As I e xpla ine d in m y disse nt, qua lifie d vote rs ha

ve be e n, a nd will c ontinue to be , dise n franc hise d by Ariz ona ’ s
re fusa l to c ount le gitim at e ba llots c a st out-of-pre c inc t. The re is no re a s on why 

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4the s e le gitim ate vote s should not be c ounte d in this e le c tion, pa

rtic u la rly whe n the vote s a re c olle c te d a

nd a va ila ble for e le c tion offic ia ls to ta bula te .

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