United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 15-2021 LEON H. RIDEOUT, ANDREW LANGLOIS, BRANDON D. ROSS, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. WILLIAM M. GARDNER, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of New Hampshire, Defendant, Appellant. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE [Hon. Paul J. Barbadoro, U.S. District Judge] Before Lynch, Lipez, and Thompson, Circuit Judges. Stephen G. LaBonte, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Joseph A. Foster, New Hampshire Attorney General, and Laura E. B. Lombardi, Senior Assistant Attorney General, were on brief, for appellant. Gilles R. Bissonnette, with whom American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire, William E. Christie, and Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. were on brief, for appellees. Christopher T. Bavitz, Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School, Justin Silverman, and Andrew F. Sellars on brief for The New England First Amendment Coalition and The Keene Sentinel, amici curiae. Eugene Volokh and Scott & Cyan Banister First Amendment Clinic, UCLA School of Law on brief for the Reporters Committee