State v. Moyer

Defendants are charged with violating ORS 260.402 (2003), 1 which provided, in part, that “[n]o person shall make a contribution to any other person, relating to a nomination or election of any candidate or the support or opposition to any measure, in any name other than that of the person who in truth provides the contribution.” Defendants demurred to the indictment on the ground that the statute, on its face, violates the free expression clauses of Article I, section 8, of the Oregon Constitution and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The trial court agreed with…