A judge has ruled that Arizona lawmakers violated the state Constitution on multiple fronts when they passed a sweeping overhaul of campaign-finance laws in 2016.
Those changes illegally limit the power of the voter-approved Citizens Clean Elections Commission to police campaign-finance laws and illegallycreate loopholes for spending limits, the ruling states.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge David Palmer ruled that the changes are unconstitutional and cannot be enforced.