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Wearing Tea Party Shirts at Polling Places

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
October 26, 2023

Reed v. Purcell (James A. Teilborg, D. Ariz. 2:10-cv-2324)
On the Thursday before the 2010 general-election day, a voter filed a federal complaint in the District of Arizona seeking the right to wear a shirt at his polling place supporting the Tea Party, a party that did not appear on the ballot. On Monday, the judge granted the plaintiff temporary relief. In 2011, Arizona’s election statutes were revised, mooting the case.
Subject: Polling-place activities. Topics: Campaign materials; intervention; attorney fees.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.