Liberty Group Wants End To Campaign Limits

The Wyoming Liberty Group wants the state of Wyoming immediately cease enforcement of a provision of the Wyoming election code that limits a single donors total political contributions in state elections to $25,000. Staff attorney Steve Klein says the state should take this action in light of last week's Supreme Court decision which overturned the aggregate contribution limit in federal law as an unconstitutional abridgement of free speech.

Klein says by agreeing to cease enforcement of aggregate limits, the Secretary of State and Attorney General would make the 2014 state elections more competitive and prevent a potentially costly lawsuit that he said the "state would almost certainly lose.” The change would not alter the individual contribution limit for state candidates-currently $1,000-or any other provision of the Wyoming Election Code.