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Court Tosses Rule Requiring Canvassers To Register (PA)
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Apr 29, 2006 9:18 am US/Eastern

Court Tosses Rule Requiring Canvassers To Register

(KDKA/AP) PITTSBURGH A federal appeals court on Friday overturned an ordinance in a Pittsburgh suburb that required door-to-door canvassers, including people working for get-out-the-vote campaigns, to register with police and carry a permit.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, ruling in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union four days before the 2004 presidential election, said Mount Lebanon's ordinance violates constitutional guarantees of free speech.

The ACLU welcomed the ruling, which reversed a December 2004 decision by a federal judge in Pittsburgh.

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The appeals court largely agreed with the ACLU's argument that the ordinance violated the canvassers' First Amendment rights and appeared to flout a 2002 Supreme Court ruling that struck down a similar law in Stratton, Ohio.

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http://kdka.com/local/local_story_119091418.html
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