[EL] Associative rights

[SeanIPM]

Whoops. “... or caucuses.” Pretty sure the state parties that opted not to hold primaries still held their conventions. 

Sean

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> On Mar 11, 2020, at 9:15 PM, Sean Parnell <sean at impactpolicymanagement.com> wrote:
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> No states have cancelled primaries. State parties, on the other hand, may opt to cancel primaries, switch between primaries/caucuses/conventions as they see fit as a means for nominating candidates, and otherwise exercise their associational rights independent of the state.
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> For example, in 2012 several state Democratic parties opted not to hold primaries or conventions. As I recall, the republic endured.
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> Sean Parnell
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> From: Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> On Behalf Of larrylevine at earthlink.net
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 7:43 PM
> To: 'Election Law Listserv' <law-election at uci.edu>
> Subject: [EL] Associative rights
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> I recognize the nature of the situation we face, but does it say anywhere that a governor, or anyone else, can suspend the associative rights guaranteed in the first amendment for any reason? If so, could a governor suspend the right of people, including poll workers, to gather at polling places on Election Day in areas he or she deems particularly vulnerable to some virus? Don’t tell me it isn’t possible in a country where states have cancelled primary elections to protect the incumbent president, or where the justice department probably would weigh in on the side of the right to make the cancellations.
> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/governor-bans-large-gatherings-in-greater-seattle-area/ar-BB1133RV?ocid=spartanntp
> Larry
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