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A state law banning corporations from making political donations survived a legal challenge this week when a Superior Court judge ruled against two local business owners seeking to overturn the restriction.
Superior Court Judge Paul Wilson found that the campaign finance laws on the books do not unconstitutionally discriminate against the right of a business to free speech or equal protection.
He also ruled that the Office of Campaign and Political Finance successfully showed that the law treating unions and corporations differently “serves the anti-corruption interest” used by the state as justification for the law.
--The law banning corporations from making monetary donations to candidates, political parties, or political committees was challenged in February 2015 by Michael Kane, the owner of 126 Self Storage in Ashland, and Rick Green, president of 1A Auto Inc. in Pepperell.
----Corporations can and do contribute freely to ballot question campaigns, and business owners can establish PACs on their own using the business name.
State ban on corporate campaign donations upheld - The Boston Globe
Hopefully, the Goldwater Institute loses when they appeal.
Superior Court Judge Paul Wilson found that the campaign finance laws on the books do not unconstitutionally discriminate against the right of a business to free speech or equal protection.
He also ruled that the Office of Campaign and Political Finance successfully showed that the law treating unions and corporations differently “serves the anti-corruption interest” used by the state as justification for the law.
--The law banning corporations from making monetary donations to candidates, political parties, or political committees was challenged in February 2015 by Michael Kane, the owner of 126 Self Storage in Ashland, and Rick Green, president of 1A Auto Inc. in Pepperell.
----Corporations can and do contribute freely to ballot question campaigns, and business owners can establish PACs on their own using the business name.
State ban on corporate campaign donations upheld - The Boston Globe
Hopefully, the Goldwater Institute loses when they appeal.
