PHOENIX — Two groups involved in politics in Arizona want a court to void a new voter-approved law designed to prohibit “dark money’’ in political races.
The Center for Arizona Policy and the Arizona Free Enterprise Club contend that Proposition 211 runs afoul of a provision in the Arizona Constitution saying every person “may speak freely ... on all subjects.” And that, the lawsuit said, includes the right not to be forced to speak.
“The act violates Arizonans’ right to speak freely by chilling donors from supporting causes they believe in and wish to support, lest their charitable giving become public knowledge,” wrote attorney Scott Freeman of the Goldwater Institute.
