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McINTYRE – Appellant
Versus
OHIO ELECTIONS COMM'N, (1995) – Respondent


United States Supreme Court
McINTYRE v. OHIO ELECTIONS COMMN, (1995)
No. 93-986
Argued: October 12, 1994 Decided: April 19, 1995

After petitioners decedent distributed leaflets purporting to express the views of "CONCERNED PARENTS AND TAX PAYERS" opposing a proposed school tax levy, she was fined by respondent for violating 3599.09(A) of the Ohio Code, which prohibits the distribution of campaign literature that does not contain the name and address of the person or campaign official issuing the literature. The Court of Common Pleas reversed, but the Ohio Court of Appeals reinstated the fine. In affirming, the State Supreme Court held that the burdens 3599.09(A) imposed on voters First Amendment rights were "reasonable and "nondiscriminatory" and therefore valid. Declaring that 3599.09(A) is intended to identify persons who distribute campaign materials containing fraud, libel, or false advertising and to provide voters with a mechanism for evaluating such materials, the court distinguished Talley v. California, 362 U.S. 60, in which this Court invalidated an ordinance prohibiting all anonymous leafletting.

Held:

Section 3599.09(A)s prohibition of the distribution








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