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Get-Out-the-Vote Canvassing

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

October 7, 2023

Service Employees International Union v. Municipality of Mt. Lebanon (Arthur J. Schwab, W.D. Pa. 2:04- cv-1651)
A district court was asked to resolve the constitutionality of county requirements for persons who wanted to go door to door over the weekend before a general election to encourage voting. In the short term, the counties relaxed their restrictions; in the long term, they revised them.
Subject: Campaign activities. Topics: Door-to-door canvassing; recusal.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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