Senate Bill 1186 — Campaign finance, donor disclosures (-5)

Senate Bill 1186 — Campaign finance, donor disclosures (-5)

Bill Description: Senate Bill 1186 would obliterate donor privacy in Idaho for all donations over $1,000 that are even tangentially related to political speech.  Rating: -5 Does it violate the spirit or the letter of either the United States Constitution or the Idaho Constitution? Examples include restrictions on speech, public assembly, the press, privacy, private property, […]

PUFPF Letter in Opposition to Idaho S. 1186 - People United For Privacy

Access the PDF version here. RE:   Opposition to S. 1186: An Unconstitutional and Intolerable Attack on Idahoans’ Privacy Dear Chair Guthrie, Vice Chair Bernt, and Members of the Senate State Affairs Committee: On behalf of People United for Privacy Foundation,[1] we write in strong opposition to S. 1186. This slapdash bill would require organizations exercising their First Amendment rights to “trace” the sources of their funding not only to the…