[EL] Laws against political discrimination in hiring

[Samuel Bagenstos]

There's a nice Eugene Volokh piece from a few years ago collecting
statutes: http://www2.law.ucla.edu/volokh/empspeech.pdf.
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 7:11 AM Primo, David <david.primo at rochester.edu>
wrote:

> Thanks to Richard and others for their replies.  DC’s law prohibits
> discrimination for affiliation with or merely supporting a political party,
> and I’ve heard from other list members that places like Seattle and Oregon
> have similar laws that go beyond simply affiliation.
>
> Best,
> Dave
>
>
>
> *From:* Richard Winger [mailto:richardwinger at yahoo.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, October 03, 2016 5:05 PM
> *To:* Primo, David; law-election at uci.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [EL] Laws against political discrimination in hiring
>
>
>
> Does the law relate specifically to what party an individual is registered
> into?
>
>
>
> A law like that wouldn't work in Virginia or any of the other 20 states in
> which the voter registration form doesn't ask the applicant about choice of
> party.
>
>
>
> Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
>
>
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> *From:* "Primo, David" <david.primo at rochester.edu>
> *To:* "law-election at uci.edu" <law-election at uci.edu>
> *Sent:* Monday, October 3, 2016 1:49 PM
> *Subject:* [EL] Laws against political discrimination in hiring
>
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I recently learned that Washington, DC, has a law prohibiting
> discrimination on the basis of political affiliation in hiring.  This
> strikes me as a uncommon law with regard to private sector employees.  Is
> anybody on the list aware of whether other localities have such rules?
> I’ve seen evidence that these laws also exist in some MD counties near DC,
> but I haven’t been able to find evidence that they exist more broadly.
>
> Best,
> Dave
>
> David M. Primo
> Ani and Mark Gabrellian Professor
> Associate Professor of Political Science and Business Administration
> Director of Graduate Studies, Political Science
> University of Rochester
> Harkness Hall 318 (Political Science Dept.)
> Rochester, NY 14627-0146
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