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WIN! FL LIB STUDENTS PROTECT PETITION RIGHTS

Posted on June 29, 2009 at 9:31 AM

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1119777.html

 

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida won't appeal a federal judge's decision that struck down a law he said unconstitutionally limited political free speech.

 

Secretary of State Kurt Browning initially had said he would appeal but has since changed his mind, spokeswoman Jennifer Krell Davis said Monday.

 

The stricken "electioneering communications" law required nonpolitical organizations to register with the state, submit financial reports and comply with other regulations if they do so much as mention candidates or issues in publications and on Web sites even without taking sides. (...)

 

The Institute for Justice, a libertarian legal organization based in Arlington, Va., challenged the law on behalf of four nonprofit groups and their leaders.(...) the Broward Coalition of Condominiums, Homeowners Associations and Community Organizations; University of Florida College Libertarians; National Taxpayers Union and national Taxpayers Union Foundation.

 

College Libs at: http://www.lanuf.org/

 

 

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