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Get ready for anonymous political ads

Posted at 5:19 PM on July 25, 2006 by Tom Scheck (1 Comments)

Brian Bakst with the Associated Press has an interesting story on how a court struck down a Minnesota law requiring certain disclaimers on campaign material and ads. This means hit pieces could be sent out anonymously and no one will know who sent the ads.


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This was an interesting ruling. As a candidate, I'm not certain what advantages I have now that I didn't before, but it seems clear that PACs and 527s are going to have a much more free hand (if that was even possible) to run attack ads.

Posted by Justin C. Adams | July 26, 2006 9:44 AM


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