LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF ALASKA, INC. v. STATE

No. S-11012.

101 P.3d 616 (2004)

LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF ALASKA, INC., Kenneth P. Jacobus, and Kenneth P. Jacobus, P.C., Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska and Alaska Public Offices Commission, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth P. Jacobus, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellants.

James L. Baldwin, Assistant Attorney General, Gregg D. Renkes, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees.

Before: BRYNER, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, FABE, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

The Alaska Campaign Disclosure Act expressly regulates only hard money. The question presented is whether an Alaska Public Offices Commission regulation requiring the disclosure by political parties of soft money contributions and expenditures is authorized by the act. We give an affirmative answer. Soft money can be used in numerous ways to evade hard money restrictions. Requiring the disclosure of soft money contributions...

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