Browne v. Bayless

OPINION

GERBER, Judge.

¶ 1 The appellants, Harry Browne, Mar-cene Candelaria and Peter Schmerl (collectively referred to as “Browne”), requested an affirmative injunction requiring the Arizona Secretary of State, Betsey Bayless (“Secretary of State”), to accept Browne’s late-filed petition to appear on the November 2000 Arizona ballot as an independent candidate for President of the United States. The trial court denied Browne’s injunction request and ruled in favor of the Secretary of State. Browne now appeals from the trial court’s ruling. He argues that the Arizona filing deadline for…