Reuters: Delaware wins appeal, can enforce law on election ads (In the News)

July 17, 2015   •  By Brian Walsh
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Thursday’s 3-0 decision by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia reversed a lower court ruling that had favored Delaware Strong Families, a conservative-leaning group that publishes “voter guides” ahead of elections.

Allen Dickerson, a lawyer at the Center for Competitive Politics representing Delaware Strong Families, said the group intends to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“In allowing Delaware to police non-political groups as though they were political parties, and destroy the privacy of supporters contributing years before any election, the Third Circuit committed a grave error,” he said.

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