Election-Campaign Law

How Voter Suppression Works
Georgia 10 has a must read piece at Daily Kos that describes how it is done. Republicans have always concentrated on suppressing votes (causing long voter lines is also a classic technique), not on doing the virtually impossible - cheating on the vote count...

State Supreme Court sets precedent to allow suppression of evidence as remedy for statutory violation
  June 6, 2008  Wisconsin Law Journal  What the court heldCase: State of Wisconsin v. Popenhagen, No. 2006AP1114-CR. Issue: Is suppression a proper remedy for the state?s violation of sec...

VOTE, VOTe, VOte, Vote, vote, votE, voTE, vOTE, VOTE...
or you have much less moral authority for complaining about the nature and direction of American laws and society!! In my sleepy little Ohio hamlet, I had to wait in line for nearly an hour to cast my vote on...

The Presidential Election and the Latest on Vote Suppression Efforts

"Texas County Agrees to Stop Vote Suppression Efforts Against Black University Students"
The Campaign Legal Center has issued this press release....

How to Protect Your Vote
The Obama campaign has put out a video about how to protect your vote from vote caging and vote suppression efforts. The video discusses how the GOP loves to make comparisons between voter registration lists and other databases and claim that any discrepancy at all between them makes them "suspect" or "potentially fraudulent...

"A Clean, Fair Fight"
The NY Times offers this editorial, which begins: "If recent history is any guide, this fall?s presidential election will be marred by vote suppression and cynical dirty tricks. Congress still has time to stop some of the worst offenses...

Do Federal Judges Question NYPD Credibility in Suppression Cases
From the N.Y. Times: After listening carefully to the two policemen, the judge had a problem: He did not believe them. The officers, who had stopped a man in the Bronx and found a ...

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.