Legal Opinion
Democratic Party of Hawaii v. Scott Nago
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2016No. 13-17545PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
In 2013, the Democratic Party of Hawaii (the “Democratic Party” or the “Party”) brought a facial First Amendment challenge to Hawaii’s open primary system. The Democratic Party seeks to limit the participants in its primary elections to its formal members or to voters who are otherwise willing publicly to declare their support for the Party. According to the Democratic Party, Hawaii’s open primary system, which allows registered voters to participate in any party’s primary without formally joining or declaring support for that party, severely burdens the Party’s…
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