Legal Opinion
Libertarian Party Los Angeles v. Debra Bowen
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 6, 2013No. 11-55316PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
To qualify for the ballot in California, political candidates must file a “nomination paper” that includes a certain number of signatures from registered voters. Cal. Elec.Code §§ 8062, 8409. Commonly, candidates appoint persons, known in California as “circulators,” to circulate the nomination paper for the purpose of .gathering signatures. At issue here are California Elections Code sections 8066 and 8451, which mandate that “[cjirculators shall be voters in the district or political subdivision in which the candidate is to be voted on and shall serve only in…
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