The Impact of Law & Litigation on U.S. Elections and the ACLU of Florida

By Joseph Cooper,

Richard Ives

Published November 4, 2014 at 1:00 PM EST

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David Schultz

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11/04/14 - Tuesday' s Topical Currents looks at how US elections have been increasingly influenced by

Howard Simon, ACLU of Florida Executive Director, taken at Amnesty International protest in Miami.

law and litigation. We visit with St. Paul, Minnesota’s Hamline University political science professor, David Schultz, and discuss his book ELECTION LAW AND DEMOCRATIC THEORY. Also with us, in our Miami studio, is Howard Simon, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU). Tuesday’s elections promise to be close and intense. There will likely be legal disputes. Learn more at 1pm on Tuesday's Topical Currents.

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Richard Ives came to WLRN in September 2000 to begin a new career in radio. Born in Fort Lauderdale, his family moved to Long Island, New York, where he grew up. After graduation from college and an unsatisfying stint in a job that, as he puts it, "paid the bills but for which I had no passion" he found himself contemplating a midlife career change after being laid-off.

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