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Elections & Campaign Finance
Election law manual
1 volume. Updated by new edition.
This manual provides a basic overview of election law in the United States, with its primary focus on state election law. Various substantive issues in election law that are most likely to be litigated are presented. Some of the issues covered are federal statutes and constitutional provisions that affect state and local election practices; regulation of the various actors in the election process (candidates, parties and voters); state election administration; legal issues raised by ballot measures; and legal issues that arise on Election Day.