Semple v. Griswold

III. Discussion

A. Standard of Review

The district court denied Defendant's motion to dismiss based on its conclusion Plaintiffs were entitled to judgment on the pleadings as a matter of law. We review this ruling de novo. Utah Republican Party v. Cox , 892 F.3d 1066, 1076 (10th Cir. 2018).

B. Fourteenth Amendment Claim

Because this matter was decided on the pleadings, this court turns first to the allegations in Plaintiffs' complaint. There is, of course, no dispute that Section 2.5 requires proponents of ballot initiatives to collect signatures from two percent of the registered voters in each…