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Freedom Of Speech & Election Day At The Polls: Thou Doth Protest Too Much, James J. Woodruff Ii
Freedom Of Speech & Election Day At The Polls: Thou Doth Protest Too Much, James J. Woodruff Ii
James J. Woodruff II
This Article seeks to answer the following question: What are the actual limits the government can place on political speech at and around the polling place? In examining this question, this Article argues that some of the current limitations placed on polling-place activities are unconstitutional. Specifically, this Article focuses on the wearing of political slogans and images within the polling room and campaign-free zone and the placement of campaign signs within the campaign-free zone.
Where The Wild Things Are: The Polling Place, Voter Intimidation, And The First Amendment, James J. Woodruff Ii
Where The Wild Things Are: The Polling Place, Voter Intimidation, And The First Amendment, James J. Woodruff Ii
James J. Woodruff II
This article explores the use of current and proposed regulations to control voter intimidation at the polling place on Election Day. Section I examines the definition of voter intimidation through the federal laws currently regulating such conduct. Section II outlines the various groups that regularly appear on Election Day and how they may engage in conduct that may be viewed by some as voter intimidation. Section III reviews the prosecution of voter intimidation since 2000. And section IV examines the current and proposed regulatory framework that has developed to reduce voter intimidation at the polling place.