YOU ARE HERE: LAT HomeCollectionsEmployees  Companies can now
advise employees on how to vote -- and they do  October 30,
2012|By Patt Morrison   • The Supreme Court's Citizens United
ruling in 2010 also ended a Federal Election Commission ban on
employers advising employees how to vote. The Supreme Court's
Citizens United ruling in 2010 also ended a Federal… (Alex
Brandon / Associated…)  What’s next, company stores, and company
scrip instead of paychecks?  Liberated from Federal Election
Commission policies by the Supreme Court's Citizens United
decision, employers that were once barred from advising
employees on how to vote are now free to start telling employees
how they should vote, and including some "or else" warnings.
And it appears some of them already have.  SLIDESHOW: Six
numbers to ignore from the presidential campaign  In 2010, just
after the ruling, the Yale Law Journal surmised that the case
could let employers "hold political captive audience workplace
meetings with their employees," and may e