On November 16, the state of Arizona asked for a rehearing before all the active judges of the 9th circuit in Gonzalez v State of Arizona, 08-17094.  This is the case that challenges a state law that requires newly-registering voters to submit a birth certificate, or a naturalization certificate, with the voter registration application.  On Octrober 26, a 3-judge panel had struck down that law by a vote of 2-1, finding that the federal Motor Voter law precludes states from requiring such additional documents.  The 3-judge panel had included Sandra Day O’Connor.  Some retired U.S. Supreme Court justices do sit on U.S. Court of Appeals panels once in a while.  The vote of the original 3-judge panel had been 2-1, with O’Connor in the majority.