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PLF appeals in speech case against Seattle

December 07, 2017 | By ETHAN BLEVINS

First, has anyone run for office recently that you detest? Second, how would you feel if your government forced you to donate $100 to that candidate’s campaign? Now you know how our clients feel about democracy vouchers. … ...

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Oral argument on Seattle’s ‘democracy voucher’ program

October 24, 2017 | By ETHAN BLEVINS

This Friday will be a big day for the First Amendment: a court will hear oral argument in Elster v. City of Seattle, PLF’s challenge to Seattle’s “democracy voucher” program. This is a vital case for the First Amendment’s uneasy relationship with campaign-finance laws, and the hearing is public. Here are the details: ...