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Title: Porter v. Board of Trustees of Manhattan Beach Unified School District
Author : Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 08, 2002
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 86 KB

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We are asked to decide whether the City of Santa Monicas refusal to permit a candidate for the City Council to designate his occupation as "peace activist" on the city election ballot violates the candidates rights of free speech and equal protection. Because the ballot regulation prohibiting "status" designations is politically neutral and the City offers alternative channels of communication, we hold that the regulation does not severely burden a candidates First Amendment rights. The Citys interest in preserving the simplicity of its ballot is an important one, and the regulation is not unreasonable.