Prop. 8 donors want to stay in the closet

January 12, 2009 1:03 PM

Prop. 8 donors want to stay in the closet. Taking their lead from a WSJ op-ed (might require registration), the ballot measure committee that fought to pass prop. 8 is suing the state of California to avoid filing new campaign finance reports due at the end of the month. They also want previously public reports expunged and deleted from the internet and the campaign finance disclosure law in California declared unconstitional. Ironically, though they're defending proposition 8 in court as the people's ultimate right to choose how they're governed, the 1974 campaign finance disclosure law they're attackin was also a voter-approved ballot initiative.
posted by nospecialfx (5 comments total)

double
posted by chunking express at 1:09 PM on January 12, 2009

Well, not quite, but that seems like the place for these links.
posted by chunking express at 1:09 PM on January 12, 2009

Yes, this would be better added to the existing thread.
posted by LarryC at 1:09 PM on January 12, 2009

deleted from the internet

FAIL.
posted by inigo2 at 1:12 PM on January 12, 2009

Damn it, don't these people have the right to do things in the privacy of their homes without being judged?

Oh... right.
posted by quin at 1:19 PM on January 12, 2009