Legal Opinion

Busefink v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided October 4, 2012No. 57579PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Gibbons, J.:

In this appeal, we consider whether NRS 293.805’s prohibition against providing compensation to voter registration canvassers based upon the total number of voters a canvasser registers violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and/or is unconstitutionally vague.2 We conclude that NRS 293.805 neither violates the First Amendment nor is unconstitutionally vague, and therefore, we affirm the judgment of conviction.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 2008, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN), hired voter…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Anderson v. CelebrezzeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  5. Burdick v. TakushiSupreme Court of the United States · 1992

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