Political donors have sued over campaign finance rules enacted under a 2020 voter initiative, arguing the disclosure rules are burdensome and could lead to reprisals against them and their business interests in a climate of “cancel culture.”
The disclosure rules were part of a ballot measure that overhauled Alaska’s elections system and was passed by voters in 2020. Provisions of the measure calling for open primaries and ranked choice voting in general elections were challenged previously in state courts and upheld.
Suhr said one reason they waited to file the federal lawsuit was that they wanted to see what the state Supreme Court would do, including if it would strike the entire initiative down. The high court in January issued a brief order affirming Superior Court Judge Gregory Miller’s decision upholding the open primary and ranked choice system as valid. A fuller opinion from the state Supreme Court is pending.
He said the measure is “the most aggressive law of its kind in the country” and raises First Amendment issues.
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