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EAGAN, Minn., Oct. 16, 2008 -- FindLaw, the most-visited legal Web site, www.findlaw.com, launched FindLaw Special Edition: Elections 2008, a presidential election portal dedicated to delivering election analysis, news and commentary. Elections 2008 hosts past features and resources that offer its specialist audience information on the likely impact the next President of the United States will have on the law and legal issues. The Special Edition Election page, found at www.findlaw.com/election2008.html, provides the expert commentary and analysis FindLaw is known for and also aggregates key articles from leading news publications, legal experts and pundits with a focus on the election and how it relates to the law.

FindLaw's Elections 2008 Special Edition gives consumers and legal professionals a one-stop-shop resource to election related issues. Elections 2008 provides authoritative election information specifically as it pertains to the legal world, from voter rights laws and voting machines to vitally important judicial nominations and attorney-candidate profiles. Consumers and legal professionals who have dealt with a legal issue as a result of the current administration can get information on how their legal issues may be affected by a new President.

"Questions surrounding who gets to vote, such as the recent dispute over eligible voters having been purged from voter lists or blocked from registering in at least six swing states, and how votes are counted are already being litigated in the courts. In a tight election race, these legal questions can be critical to the outcome of the election," said Richard L. Hasen, FindLaw contributing writer, Loyola Law School professor, and author of the Election Law Blog. "As we approach a key presidential and congressional election, these questions and issues deserve close scrutiny. FindLaw's Elections 2008 page is an important venue to explore these pertinent issues."

"U.S. consumers and legal professionals who visit FindLaw for information have very specific interests when it comes to election news," said Steve Noel, vice president of Portal and Online Marketing for FindLaw. "As the election nears, the legal industry is likely to face dramatic shifts in style, and FindLaw's Election 2008 Special Edition is a primary resource to gain insight into how the system may change."

The page offers informative and specialized presidential election coverage, including:

• Election commentary from FindLaw legal specialists, including legal, political writer, and former counsel to the president John Dean; Cornell Law Professor Michael Dorf; and chairman of the Cato Institute and co-author of The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom Robert A. Levy.
• Featured late-breaking Reuters politics videos.
• Access to breaking legal documents as they pertain to the presidential election, such as "Report on the Shortcomings of the Federal Certification Program for Voting Systems" and "Denial of Preliminary Injunction for Distributors of Hillary: The Movie."
• FindLaw Poll of the Week, such as "Who will you be voting for this year?"
• Extensive voting rights and voter information section, including:
• Introduction to Federal Voting Rights Laws
• Voting and Civil Rights: History and Law
• FAQ: Voting Rights and Discrimination
• State-by-State Voter Registration Information
• Attorney candidate profiles and biographies on notable election celebrities who are former or current attorneys, such as Senator Barack Obama and Rudolph Giuliani.
• Specialized resources around state-by-state "Time Off to Vote" laws.

The FindLaw Special Edition: Elections 2008 is now available on http://www.findlaw.com/election2008.html.