Legal Opinion
Arizona Green Party v. Bennett
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided May 16, 2014No. CV-14-00375-PHX-NVWPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
NEIL V. WAKE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Arizona Green Party and Claudia Ellquist filed a complaint against Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett challenging the constitutionality of an Arizona election statute (Doc. 1). The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment (Docs. 15 and 17) and orally argued their motions on May 7, 2014. For the following reasons, Plaintiffs’ motion will be denied and Defendant’s motion granted.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs want the Green Party on the ballot for the 2014 election. As explained below, state election law requires the Green Party to have filed a…
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