By Ed Krayewski
Free speech’ll cost you if you’re talking about politicians. Last year, Delaware passed broad new laws on campaign finance “reform” that politicians claimed would lead to more “transparent” government. Among the bills signed into law was HB 300, which aimed to require “[p]ersons who buy ads that do not use ‘magic words’” but “advocate indirectly for a candidate” to file the same disclosure reports as other purveyors of “electioneering communications.” …
The measure has now yielded a lawsuit from the Center for Competitive Politics, filed on behalf of Delaware Strong Families, an affiliate of the Delaware Family Policy Council that puts out a “values voter guide” that lists the answers candidates give to questions ranging from the estate tax to Planned Parenthood funding. The Center for Competitive Politics claims the new law would force Delaware Strong Families to submit to “substantial regulatory burdens while violating the privacy of even their small-dollar supporters.”
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