Alaska Public Offices Commission leaders are being sued by a group of Alaskans who are questioning the constitutionality of certain campaign contribution limits.
The plaintiffs’ attorney Kevin Clarkson says he plans to request a judge to block enforcement of those limits until a decision on the case is issued.
The federal lawsuit challenges that the $500 annual limit on individual contributions is too low for candidates and to groups that aren’t political parties.
The case also challenges the annual aggregate limit that a candidate can solicit or accept from non-residents, along with the annual aggregate limit on what political party units combined can give a candidate.
District 18 of the Alaska Republican Party along with Aaron Downing, Jim Crawford, and David Thompson are included in the parties suing APOC.
Thompson is described in the lawsuit as a Wisconsin resident and Wasilla Representative Wes Keller’s brother-in-law.
