Federal court rules that petition signers' names can be made public

Federal court rules that petition signers' names can be made public. COLUMBIA, Mo. (October 21, 2011) — The Washington Coalition ...

Supreme Court Rules Petition Signers Can't Keep Names Secret

The Supreme Court ruled today that petition signers on state ballot referenda do not have a constitutional right to keep their names anonymous.

SCOTUS rules R-71 petition signatures can be made public

Reed is a court case that stemmed from the November 3, 2009 vote on Washington Referendum 71. The case addressed the issue of whether signing a petition for a ...

Right to Petition - American Bar Association

Political petitions—have a specific form, address a specific rule set by the state or federal government. Typical examples include nominating ...

Sign a political petition? Supreme Court says the public can know.

Petition signatures for Washington State's Referendum 71 on a domestic partnership law. The Supreme Court ruled that those who sign such ...

Petitions, Privacy, and Political Obscurity

confronted the reality that public court records could be made ... public could view the scanned petition pages and search for petition signers by name.

Transparency Trumps Privacy In Petitions, Court Says - NPR

The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that signing a petition does not count as speech protected from disclosure, although there may be exceptions.

know your petitioning rights - ACLU of Michigan

American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc., 525 U.S. 182, 186-87 (1999) (striking down statute requiring petition circulators to be registered voters and wear ...

Court to rule on petition-signers' rights - SCOTUSblog

The Supreme Court on Friday added five new cases to its decision docket, including a significant test case on a plea for confidentiality for ...

FEDERAL RULES CIVIL PROCEDURE - United States Courts |

whose names have become known or can be found by a reason- ably diligent ... States Courts and be made available to the public. (2) Requirement of Form ...

Court to Rule on Right to Privacy for Referendum Petition Signers

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether the First Amendment requires that the names of people who sign ...

Supreme Court takes up Wash. case involving disclosure of petition ...

The Supreme Court, which hears arguments in the case on Wednesday, is expected to decide whether disclosing the names would violate the signers' ...

Supreme Court on R-71: Names on petitions can be made public

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the names of people who signed petitions in an attempt to overturn a new gay rights law in Washington ...

Supreme Court to rule on whether petition signers' names are public ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said before the Nov. 3 vote that the names could be made public, but the Supreme Court blocked their ...

Know Your Rights: Petitioning in Public | ACLU of Arkansas

Yes. Circulating a petition is “core political speech” deserving of the strongest possible protection under the First Amendment to the United States ...

Washington makes certain petition signers' names public

Information regarding the signers of initiative petitions in Washington were made public Sept. 30 in response to a state superior court judge's ...

RULE 26 OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

Unless the court orders otherwise, all disclosures under Rules 26(a)(1) through (3) must be made in writing, signed, and served. (5) Methods to Discover ...

Make Your Voice Heard — Missouri's Initiative Petition Process.

After the official ballot title is certified, petitioners can circulate their proposed petitions and collect signatures. Next, petitioners submit these ...

Getting on the Ballot | Federal Judicial Center

Ostensible minor-party candidates and voters were denied relief in federal court from the state court judgment, because allowing signers to withdraw their ...

FEDERAL RULES APPELLATE PROCEDURE - Congress.gov

'' To make briefs clear, counsel should use the parties' actual names or ... petition for a writ of certiorari in the. Supreme Court. The ...