Arizona Supreme Court upholds dark money law, allows free speech challenge to proceed

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: June 30, 2026

Words: 1,741

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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The Arizona Supreme Court on Monday dismissed most of the challenges to a voter-approved anti-dark-money law, but allowed one of the challenges from deep-pocketed conservative opponents to move forward. The remaining challenge questions whether disclosing the identities of political donors creates a chilling effect that violates the state constitution.

Since voters in 2022 overwhelmingly approved Proposition 211, the Voters Right to Know Act, proponents of the anonymous campaign spending that has transformed American elections …

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