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THOMAS C. FOLEY ET AL. v. STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION ET AL. (SC 18646)
Rogers, C. J., and Katz, Palmer, Vertefeuille and Gruendel, Js. Argued July 20--officially released July 20, 2010*

Wesley W. Horton, with whom were Brendon P. Levesque, Ben M. Krowicki, Daniel I. Papermaster and, on the brief, Daniel J. Krisch, for the appellants (plaintiffs and intervening plaintiffs). Gregory T. D'Auria, senior appellate counsel, with whom were Maura Murphy Osborne, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, Perry Zinn Rowthorn, associate attorney general, and Michael K. Skold, assistant attorney general, for the appellees (named defendant et al.). William F. Gallagher, with whom were R. Bartley Halloran and, on the brief, David McCarry, for the appellee (defendant Fedele 2010).

Opinion

ROGERS, C. J. The present case requires us to interpret several provisions of the Citizens' Election Program (election program), General Statutes

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