[119245] in Cypherpunks
Political expression on personal webpages under attack? [ACLU]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Wed Oct 20 09:45:22 1999
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 07:35:05 -0500 (CDT)
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WASHINGTON -- Deeply frustrated with congressional efforts to
impeach President Clinton, Leo Smith last year decided to do more
than complain. An experienced Internet user, he did what seemed
easiest and most effective: he added a new section to his website
to advocate the defeat of his representative and urged voters in
his corner of Connecticut to elect Charlotte Koskoff in her stead.
Days later, Koskoff's campaign manager contacted Smith -- not to
thank him but to warn him of the possible legal problems he might
face over the site. Smith soon learned he had entered the twilight
zone of campaign finance regulations.
After a series of conversations with the FEC, Smith was told, in
essence, that he was in violation of federal law because he had
spent more than $250 in expressing his political views without
disclosing his identity and filing the required reports with the
federal government.
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