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Voters argue this bans protected speech."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 32, lines 49-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2017/16-1435_2co3.pdf","page_label":"file page 32, lines 49-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2017/16-1435_2co3.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-47"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 69, lines 7-29","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2017/16-1435_2co3.pdf","page_label":"file page 69, lines 7-29"}]},{"heading":"How the case got here","paragraphs":["The Supreme Court heard oral argument in this case on February 28, 2018."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court 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It balances free expression against the integrity of the ballot."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 32, lines 49-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2017/16-1435_2co3.pdf","page_label":"file page 32, lines 49-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 23-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2017/16-1435_2co3.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 23-47"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 69, lines 7-29","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2017/16-1435_2co3.pdf","page_label":"file page 69, lines 7-29"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 11-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2017/16-1435_2co3.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 11-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 49-51","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2017/16-1435_2co3.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 49-51"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 53-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2017/16-1435_2co3.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 53-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 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