Voting Integrity Project, Inc. Fred Decker Alberta Bryant Diana Evans Charles Sauvie v. Phil Keisling, Secretary of State Opinion of Oregon

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this case is whether state legislation allowing people to vote by mail over an extended period violates a federal statute requiring that the election shall be held on a particular day.

Voting Integrity Project, Inc. and several individuals brought a federal civil rights suit for declaratory and injunctive relief, 2 to establish that an Oregon statute that allows Oregonians to vote by mail for a substantial period prior to or as well as on this federal election day violates the federal election laws. This case concerns only legal issues, and no facts are in…