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A Maryland judge's ban on distribution of campaign literature that state officials contend is misleading likely amounts to a prior restraint that runs afoul of the First Amendment, two prominent lawyers in the field told POLITICO.
Acting on an emergency request from Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler, Prince George's County Circuit Court Judge Larnzell Martin Jr. issued an order Tuesday evening barring anyone from disseminating a sample ballot for the Sept. 14 primary that was recently mailed to Democratic voters and distributed at an early voting site in Oxon Hill, Md.
Md. flier ban may be unconstitutional - Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.com
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