Elections and campaigns

Esta Guía Legal para las Elecciones ofrece una vista general de las dificultades legales que podrían encarar los periodistas al…

The Election Legal Guide provides an overview of legal issues that journalists may face while reporting on elections.

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The Ohio Attorney General argued against its own election-related speech law in a brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court…

A federal judge Wednesday banned the enforcement of a century-old statute that prevents North Dakota citizens from campaigning on Election…

Campaign staffers for presidential candidate Mitt Romney barred a local radio reporter from covering a Republican Wisconsin senator’s stump speech…

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The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Montana ban on corporations’ political contributions today, reaffirming on the state level its…