Respect Maine PAC, et al v. McKee, et al

Filing 920101005

Opinion

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var WPFootnote1 = '                                            Though given the opportunity to provide further affidavits setting forth any\
continuing injury to the appellants as of the date of denial of the preliminary injunction, and\
through the appeal, appellants have declined to do so. \
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var WPFootnote2 = '                                            The district court in McComish v. Brewer, No. cv-08-1550, 2008 WL 4629337\
(D. Ariz. Oct. 17, 2008), found that although the plaintiffs challenging the Citizen Clean Election\
Act had shown "a very strong likelihood of success on the merits," the "extraordinary balance of\
the harms required in the context of an ongoing election" required a finding that they were not\
entitled to a preliminary injunction against the election. Id. at *12.\
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var WPFootnote3 = '                                            By contrast, in Daggett v. Comm’n on Gov\'tal Ethics & Election Practices, 205\
F.3d 445 (1st Cir. 2000), plaintiffs filed their challenge almost two years ahead of the 2000\
elections. \
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