Opinion No. Oag 22-79, (1979)

GERALD J. FERWERDA, Executive Secretary Elections Board

In an opinion dated August 9, 1978, 67 Op. Att'y Gen. 211 (1978), I advised you that the ban on corporate financing of referendum elections imposed by sec. 11.38 (1) (a) 1., Stats., was unconstitutional in light of the United States Supreme Court's decision in First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti,435 U.S. 765, 98 S.Ct. 1407 (1978).

In the request which prompted that opinion, you also sought directions as to what action the Elections Board should take if it determined that the statutory ban could not be constitutionally applied, either in…