Legal Opinion
Gessler v. Colorado Common Cause
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 16, 2014No. Supreme Court Case No. 12SC783PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rice
T 1 We granted certiorari 1 to consider the lawfulness of Secretary of State Rule 4.1, 8 Colo.Code Regs. § 1505-6:4.1 (2013). Petitioner Colorado Secretary of State Seott Ges-sler ("Gessler") promulgated Rule 4.1 in response to Sampson v. Buescher, 625 F.3d 1247 (10th Cir.2010). Significantly, Rule 4.1 increases the contribution and expenditure threshold that triggers issue committee status from $200 to $5000 and exempts retrospective reporting of contributions and expenditures onee issue committee status is achieved. We hold that Sampson did not invalidate either the $200 contribution and…
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