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· 6/20/2000

Michael Schaefer v. Mischelle Townsend, Registrar of Voters, County of Riverside Bill Jones, Secretary of State, State of California

Citations

  • 215 F.3d 1031
  • 2000 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4928
  • 2000 Daily Journal DAR 6609
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 14189
  • 2000 WL 780994

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  • concluding that case was not moot “without examining the future political intentions of the 39 Case: 16-16766 Date Filed: 08/29/2018 Page: 40 of 50 challenger[]”
  • concluding that case was not moot \without examining the future political intentions of the challenger[ ]\
  • concluding that case was not moot “without examining the future political intentions of the 39 Case: 16-16766 Date Filed: 08/29/2018 Page: 40 of 50 challenger[]”
  • stating that capable-of-repetition prong 13 should not be narrowly construed to apply “only when a candidate plans to seek reelection” and 14 declining to “examin[e] the future political intentions of the challengers”
  • asking whether state action has “the likely effect of handicapping an otherwise qualified class of candidates”
  • finding unconstitutional a state statue requiring that its candidates be a registered voter requiring a minimum of 29 days residence in a voting precinct

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Judges: Noonan, O'Scannlain, Pregerson

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