Montgomery, AL – Alabama's attorney general is appealing a federal judge's ruling that blocked one portion of the state's new campaign finance law banning the transfer of money between political action committees.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta notified court officials in Alabama on Wednesday that Attorney General Luther Strange and the other defendants in the case are appealing.
The Alabama Democratic Conference sued state officials over a portion of the law that prohibited ADC's PAC from getting money from other PACs to use for voter communication programs and to get voters to the polls. U.S. Magistrate Judge John Ott ruled last month that the prohibition violated the ADC's First Amendment rights.
His ruling did not affect the main part of the law that prohibits PAC-to-PAC transfers of campaign contributions.
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