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McCain Files Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of New York's Ballot Access Rules

For Immediate Release

December 22, 1999

Contact Information:

Amanda Cooper, 212 998-6736

McCain Files Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of New York’s BAllot Access Rules

GOP Presidential Campaign, Molinari, and New York Voters Claim Burdensome Laws Violate First Amendment Rights; and Deny Ballot Access to All Publicly Funded Candidates
December 22, 1999
Voting Rights & Elections
McCain Ready to Challenge New York's Ballot Access Rules

December 9, 1999

Contact: Ken Weine 212 998 6736

McCAIN READY TO CHALLENGE NEW YORK’S BALLOT ACCESS RULES

- Emery Cuti Brinckerhoff & Abady and Brennan Center for Justice To Represent GOP presidential candidate John McCain -
December 9, 1999
Other Voting Issues
Voting Rights & Elections
Brennan Center, Common Cause, & Democracy 21 Urge President Clinton to Reject Bradley Smith As FEC Nominee

The Brennan Center, Common Cause, and Democracy 21 today urged President Clinton not to nominate Bradley A. Smith to serve on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) if his name is submitted as a potential nominee.

June 3, 1999
Money in Politics
Voting Rights & Elections
Comments to FEC Filed Jointly by Brennan Center and Bi-Partisan Representatives Urge Commission to Ban "Soft Money"

Responding to the Federal Election Commission's request for comments, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and four Representatives have advised the FEC that it has an affirmative legal duty to enact regulations that will close the "soft mo

October 6, 1998
Money in Politics
Voting Rights & Elections
Former ACLU Leaders Break From ACLU Position on Constitutionality of Campaign Finance Reform

Nine former leaders of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today publicly released a joint statement declaring that the current ACLU leadership has misread the First Amendment as it applies to campaign finance laws and that significant campaign fina

June 19, 1998
Money in Politics
Voting Rights & Elections
Soft Money Ban Is Constitutional: Brennan Center Dispels Argument That Banning Million Dollar Contributions Abridges Free Speech

For Immediate Release

May 11, 1998

Contact Information:

Ken Weine, 212 998-6736

Soft Money Ban is Constitutional: Brennan Center Dispels Argument that Banning Million Dollar Contribuiions Abridges Free Speech

House to consider soft money ban in May
May 11, 1998
Money in Politics
Voting Rights & Elections
Johnson v. Bush Biographies

November 3, 1987
Restoring Voting Rights
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Elected Officials Support Restoration of Voting Rights

November 3, 1987
Restoring Voting Rights
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McCain Files Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of New York's Ballot Access Rules

McCain Ready to Challenge New York's Ballot Access Rules

Brennan Center, Common Cause, & Democracy 21 Urge President Clinton to Reject Bradley Smith As FEC Nominee

Comments to FEC Filed Jointly by Brennan Center and Bi-Partisan Representatives Urge Commission to Ban "Soft Money"

Former ACLU Leaders Break From ACLU Position on Constitutionality of Campaign Finance Reform

Soft Money Ban Is Constitutional: Brennan Center Dispels Argument That Banning Million Dollar Contributions Abridges Free Speech

Johnson v. Bush Biographies

Elected Officials Support Restoration of Voting Rights

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