UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS November 12, 2024

Christopher M. Wolpert FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT Clerk of Court _________________________________ VOTEAMERICA; VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER,

Plaintiffs - Appellees, v. No. 23-3100 SCOTT SCHWAB, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Kansas; KRIS KOBACH, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Kansas; STEPHEN M. HOWE, in his official capacity as District Attorney of Johnson County,

Defendants - Appellants. ----------------------------- PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION; HONEST ELECTIONS PROJECT; RESTORING INTEGRITY AND TRUST IN ELECTIONS; THE FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY; ACLU OF COLORADO; ACLU OF KANSAS; ACLU OF NEW MEXICO; ACLU OF OKLAHOMA; ACLU OF UTAH; ACLU OF WYOMING; ACLU; THE CATO INSTITUTE,

Amici Curiae. _________________________________ Appellate Case: 23-3100 Document: 139-1 Date Filed: 11/12/2024 Page: 2

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Kansas (D.C. No. 2:21-CV-02253-KHV) _________________________________ Bradley J. Schlozman, Hinkle Law Firm LLC, Wichita, KS (Kris Kobach, Attorney General of Kansas, and Anthony J. Powell, Solicitor General of Kansas, Kansas Attorney General’s Office, Topeka, KS; and Scott R. Schillings and Garrett R. Roe, Hinkle Law Firm LLC, Wichita, KS, with him on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellants. Jonathan K. Youngwood, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY (Mark P. Johnson, Dentons US LLP, Kansas City, MO; Danielle M. Lang, Alice C. C. Huling, and Hayden Johnson, Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC, with him on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees. Charlotte M. Davis, Public Interest Legal Foundation, Alexandria, VA, filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Public Interest Legal Foundation in support of Defendants-Appellants. Tyler R. Green, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Salt Lake City, UT; and Cameron T. Norris and Conor D. Woodfin, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA, filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Honest Elections Project in support of Defendants-Appellants. Sylvia May Mailman, Restoring Integrity & Trust in Elections, Washington, DC; and Drew C. Ensign, Phoenix, AZ, filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Restoring Integrity & Trust in Elections in support of Defendants-Appellants. Sophia Lin Lakin, Adriel I. Cepedea Derieux, and Megan C. Keenan, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; and Richard B. Goetz and Jason Zarrow, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, filed a brief for Amici Curiae ACLU, ACLU of Kansas, ACLU of Colorado, ACLU of New Mexico, ACLU of Oklahoma, ACLU of Utah, and ACLU of Wyoming in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees. Stewart L. Whitson, the Foundation for Government Accountability, Naples, FL, filed a brief for Amicus Curiae the Foundation for Government Accountability in support of Defendants-Appellants. Anastasia P. Boden, the Cato Institute, Washington, DC; Mark L. Hanin, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY; Nora Q.E. Passamaneck and Leah Fugere, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Denver, CO; and David P. Yin, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, filed a brief for Amicus Curiae the Cato Institute in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees. _________________________________

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Before HARTZ, PHILLIPS, and CARSON, Circuit Judges. _________________________________ HARTZ, Circuit Judge.