Political Vote

(A) If any of the exceptions under subdivision (a) (2) of this rule apply; or (B) If the communication was made, in whole or in part, to enable or aid anyone to commit or plan to commit a crime or a fraud; or (C) In a proceeding between a surviving spouse and a person who claims through the deceased spouse, regardless of whether such claim is by testate or intestate succession or by inter vivos transaction; or (D) In a criminal proceeding in which the communication is offered in evidence by a defendant who is one of the spouses between whom the communication was made; or (E) In a proceeding under the Rules of Children’s Procedure; or (F) If the communication was primarily related to and made in the context of a business relationship involving both spouses or the spouses and third parties. (Added by SCO 364 effective August 1, 1979; amended by SCO 823 effective August 1, 1987; by SCO 1269 effective July 15, 1997; by SCO 1522 effective October 15, 2003; and by SCO 1998 effective July 11, 2023.) Note to SCO 1269: Evidence Rule 505(a) was amended by § 70 ch. 64 SLA 1996. Section 13 of this order is adopted for the sole reason the amendment. legislature has mandated that the Every person has a privilege to refuse to disclose the tenor of the person’s vote at a political election conducted by secret ballot unless the vote was cast illegally. (Added by SCO 364 effective August 1, 1979; amended by SCO 1522 effective October 15, 2003)