The Rights of Candidates and Voters: The Basic ACLU Guide for Voters and Candidates
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Description
Is it constitutional to make a candidate sign a “loyalty oath?” Can a candidate be required to pay a fee to run for office? Here, for the first time, is a concise guide to the rights of candidates at every level of office from municipal school boards to the Presidency. Drawing examples from our present legal system—including actual court cases and post-Watergate legislation—the authors examine residency requirements, age and property qualifications, fees, petitions of nomination, loyalty oaths, party affiliation and party-crossing, campaign contributions and financing, campaign literature and practices, and the sometimes fine lines of difference between what is and is not legal for today’s office-seeker. Also featured is an extensive examination of the controversial Federal Elections Act of 1974 and the challenges that have been raised against it. In addition to the candidates’ rights, this fundamental guide explores the rulings that affect the rights of voters, including residency requirements, literacy tests, mail registration, and redistricting. In an area that has witnessed sweeping changes in the past decade, THE RIGHTS OF CANDIDATES AND VOTERS provides clear, concise, and completely up-to-date information that will prove invaluable to everyone interested in the vital machinery of the democratic process.
Publication Date
1976
Recommended Citation
Neuborne, Burt and Eisenberg, Arthur, "The Rights of Candidates and Voters: The Basic ACLU Guide for Voters and Candidates" (1976). Faculty Books & Edited Works. 551.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-books-edited-works/551
