Victory! GAB Ruling Overturned......
The state capitulated Tuesday in a lawsuit over new rules regulating campaign-style ads, agreeing they should not be enforced.
The Government Accountability Board - a panel of six retired judges in charge of running state elections - has been the subject of three lawsuits in the 10 days since the rules took effect.
The lawsuits were brought by nearly a dozen groups from across the political spectrum in two federal courts and the state Supreme Court.
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The groups said those rules violated their First Amendment right to free speech.
U.S. District Judge William M. Conley will consider the proposed settlement Wednesday.
