U.S. District Court Hears Argument in Case on Maine Law that Won’t Let Contributors Give as Much to an Independent as to a Party Candidate

By Richard Winger On August 12, U.S. District Court Judge David B. Hornby heard arguments in Woodhouse v Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices, 1:14-266. This is the case that challenges Maine campaign finance limits, which let contributors give twice as much money to a candidate who runs in a partisan primary and then a general(More)…

Source: http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/08/u-s-district-court-hears-argument-in-case-on-maine-law-that-wont-let-contributors-give-as-much-to-an-independent-as-to-a-party-candidate/