Goldwater Institute sues Santa Fe over nonprofits speech ordinance

Arizona Daily Independent

The Goldwater Institute, acting on behalf of the New Mexico-based Rio Grande Foundation, has filed a civil-rights lawsuit challenging a Santa Fe, N.M., ordinance that requires non-profit organizations to turn over confidential information about their donors whenever they spend more than $250 in supporting or opposing a ballot initiative. Arguing that the ordinance violates the fundamental rights of free speech and association protected by the First Amendment and by the New Mexico Constitution, Institute lawyers have asked a federal judge to issue an injunction blocking the city from enforcing the ordinance.

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