Judge upholds Maine's campaign disclosure law

Emberstone · Feb 18, 2011

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal judge has upheld Maine's campaign finance disclosure law as constitutional in a lawsuit brought by an organization that opposes gay marriages.

The National Organization for Marriage sued after the state ethics commission found that it was required to disclose the identities of its donors. On Friday, U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby granted a summary judgment upholding the constitutionality of Maine's election disclosure laws.

Maine law says groups that raise or spend more than $5,000 to influence elections must register with the state and disclose their donors. NOM donated $1.9 million to Stand for Marriage Maine, a political action committee that helped repeal Maine's same sex marriage law.

It's unknown whether NOM will appeal. A message left at NOM's offices in New Jersey wasn't immediately returned.
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Revan · Feb 19, 2011

They just don't seem to understand that they are not above the law.

Emberstone · Feb 19, 2011

I want to know what secret they were trying to protect? Is it not a matter that they want to shelter their donors, but that their donation process broke the law at some point.

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