PUBLISH IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ____________________________________ FILED No. 98-6708 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS Non-Argument Calendar ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ____________________________________ 10/28/98 THOMAS K. KAHN D.C. Docket No. CV-98-A-895-N CLERK

REFORM PARTY OF ALABAMA, an unincorporated association of electors of the State of Alabama; ROBIN COLLINS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, versus JIM BENNETT, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Alabama; BILL PRYOR, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Alabama, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

________________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama ________________________________________________________________________ (October 28, 1998)

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: This appeal is affirmed for the reasons expressed in the district court’s September 8, 1998 order, cited as Reform Party of Alabama v. Bennett, ____ F. Supp. 2d ____, Civil Action No. 98-A-895-N (M.D. Ala. Sept. 8, 1998).

AFFIRMED.