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Alaska lawsuit challenges new donor disclosure requirements – NBC Anchorage

Donors have sued over campaign finance rules enacted under a 2020 voter initiative, arguing the disclosure rules are burdensome and could lead to reprisals against them and their business interests in a climate of “cancel culture.”

Lawsuit challenges Alaska campaign disclosure rules – Associated Press

Alaska state officials face federal lawsuit over new requirements that violate free speech, privacy rights

Two citizen advocacy groups and four Alaskans filed a federal lawsuit, Smith v. Helzer, to stop Ballot Measure 2, which has the most anti-privacy election laws in the country.

Smith v. Helzer

Speech about elections, candidates, and issues lies at the core of the First Amendment’s protection for the marketplace of ideas. Those rights must be protected, but across the country they are continually undermined by new disclosure requirements. In Nov. 2020, Alaska adopted sweeping election law...

Creed v. ASEA

Two Alaska state employees have filed a federal lawsuit against the Alaska State Employee Association and the state for forcing them to pay union dues against their will. In fall 2019, the Alaska governor issued an administrative order to ensure no government employee paid union...

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