US elections

Supreme Court of Florida Documents in the Presidential Election Cases

Section of the Supreme Court of Florida website containing court documents relating to the Florida recount dispute in the 2000 US Presidential Election. Includes filings, motions, opinions and orders of the Supreme Court of Florida and the federal Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. The dispute concerned legal challenges made by Democrat Party contender Al Gore and Republican Party contender George W. Bush in regard to the design of ballot papers and counting of votes in the region. 

Ballot Access News

Ballot Access News is an independent non-partisan newsletter published by Richard Winger, a leading American lawyer, which provides information on 'third parties' and 'independent' candidates in American politics. In particular it focuses on ballot access laws in the USA and presents a critique of what the author regards as 'restrictive practises'. These centre on the difficulties independents have in participating in election campaigns because of legal restrictions. The web version of the newsletter contains the full-text of all editions from 1994 onwards.

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