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Vote-swapping sites legal, federal appeals court rules

Web sites that encourage “vote swapping” by citizens seeking to promote so-called third parties without hurting Democratic or Republican candidates are protected by free speech rights, an appeals court ruled. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Monday that California violated the Constitution in 2000 when it threatened operators of two vote-swapping ...

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