“Judge Issues Split Ruling on Maine’s Campaign Finance Disclosure Laws”

The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reports that “A federal judge in Maine has upheld most of the state’s reporting regulations governing political action committees. But the judge ruled that the state’s standard applying to PAC expenditures made for the purpose of influencing elections is ‘unconstitutionally vague.’ He also found that a regulation requiring the reporting of expenditures over $250 dollars in 24 hours ‘overly burdensome.’The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought by the National Organization for Marriage.”
The opinion is here.

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