Is a vote by a public officer a speech protected by the First Amendment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from City of Montebello v. Vasquez, 1 Cal.5th 409, 205 Cal.Rptr.3d 499, 376 P.3d 624 (Cal. 2016):
voting by a public officer is speech protected by the First Amendment. (Id. at pp. 120121, 131 S.Ct. 2343 ; see Carrigan v. Commission on Ethics (2010) 126 Nev. 277, 236 P.3d 616, 621.)
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