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CAMPAIGN FINANCES: "Lawsuit challenges $100 contribution limit to school board candidates"

By Michael Stevens

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From the Bluegrass Politics Blog (Herald-Leader):

The following post addresses a lawsuit re limitations on campaign contributions to school board candidates.  The nibbling is now beginning on limitations following the US Supreme Court's decision regarding corporate contributions to political races.  Whither now goest on nonpartisan school board races, nonpartisan judicial races, political races? 

If caps are gone for the corporations, then what next?

Oh well.  Katie bar the door down the road.  Or should I say "king of the road"?

Here's there post:

By Government Editor on State Government

By Jack Brammer and Jim Warren - jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT ? The ACLU of Kentucky is backing a challenge to Kentucky?s $100 limit on campaign contributions to school board candidates in U.S. District Court in Frankfort. The limit violates donors? right to free speech by restricting their ability to contribute money to their chosen candidate and undermines the democratic process, says the ACLU on behalf of two plaintiffs. ?The strength of our democracy depends on ensuring fairness in the political process,? said ACLU attorney Amy Cubbage in a statement. ?By limiting individual contributions in school board elections to $100, the law effectively prevents candidates from marshaling the necessary resources to mount an effective campaign, particularly in the face of rising costs and special interest expenditures,? Cubbage said.

Full post as published by Kentucky Law Blog on July 05, 2010 (boomark / email).

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