Last Updated: September 10, 2010 at 1:39 PM
White v. Reed
Case Information
Date Filed / Ended: July 14, 2009 / November 6, 2009
State: Washington
Issues: Ballot Design, Voting Technology
Courts that Heard this Case: Washington Supreme Court (Case 833427)
Issue:
Whether requirings voters to vote on ballots containing unique bar code identifiers that can be used to identify the voters violates the State Constitution’s guarantee of "absolute secrecy" of the ballot and other state laws.
Status:
Petition for mandamus filed on 7/14/09. Decision terminating Supreme Court review, 11/6/09.
Supreme Court Documents
- Petition
(filed 7/14/09) - Answer to Motion (filed 8/19/09)
- Answer to Motion (filed 8/20/09)
- Reply to Response (filed 8/25/09)
- Response (filed 9/25/09)
- Supplemental Pleadings (filed 9/28/09)
- Response (filed 9/28/09)
- Motion to Strike (filed 9/28/09)
- Answer to Motion (filed 10/5/09)
- Response (filed 10/5/09)
- Reply (filed 10/9/09)
- Decision Terminating Supreme Court Review (entered 11/6/09)
Commentary
Gerrymandering as Viewpoint Discrimination: A "Functional Equivalence" Test
Edward B. Foley
A First Amendment test for identifying when a map is functionally equivalent to a facially discriminatory statute.
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