OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A political action committee is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to lift Washington state limits on campaign contributions in the final weeks of ballot measure campaigns.
Family PAC, a political group who sued the state last year over the limits, asked the high court on Thursday to vacate a stay issued this week by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
A federal judge had recently ruled the limit is an unconstitutional infringement on political speech, but the appellate court’s action on Tuesday blocked that ruling from taking effect while the state appeals.
The law in question bans contributions larger than $5,000 in the final three weeks of an initiative or referendum campaign.
