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Wearing Campaign Buttons at the Polls

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
March 8, 2023

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees v. Land (Patrick J. Duggan, E.D. Mich. 2:08-cv-14370)
A federal complaint sought relief from proscriptions on wearing campaign buttons or shirts at the general-election polls in 2008. The district court held the restriction on speech to be reasonable, and an appeal was dismissed voluntarily.
Subject: Polling-place activities. Topic: Campaign materials.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.