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A group called Delaware Strong Families challenged the Delaware Elections Disclosure Act, a law that sought to improve transparency of outside spending in state elections. CLC, with attorneys from WilmerHale, represented Delaware's attorney general and commission of elections in the successful defense of the law.
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In 2012, Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed the Delaware Elections Disclosure Act, a law that sought to improve transparency of outside spending in state elections. A group called Delaware Strong Families challenged the law as it applied to certain kinds of political communications in elections, in part by claiming that the law's donor reporting requirement could not constitutionally reach groups that supposedly engaged only in "issue advocacy." In standing up for voters' right to know, CLC, with attorneys from the law firm WilmerHale, represented Delaware's attorney general and commissioner of elections to defend the law.