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    Arizona’s higher new campaign contribution limits will go into effect after the Arizona Supreme Court lifted an injunction against HB2593. The high court issued its order late Tuesday afternoon, several hours after arguments concluded in the case. The order from Chief Justice Rebecca Berch explain saying only that the preliminary injunction against the bill is lifted and the Court of Appeals opinion that blocked the law from going into effect is vacated. It is expected to take several months for the Supreme Court to issue a full opinion in the case. HB2593 raised contribution limits for state-level races to $4,000 per election cycle. The old limits were $440 for legislative races and $912 for statewide races. The Citizens Clean Elections Commission, which sued to overturn the law, argued that voters set firm limits in 1998 when they created Arizona’s public funding system for campaigns. The Citizens Clean Elections Act enacted a 20-percent reduction for the contribution limits, which the commission said established the limits at the 1998 levels. Supreme Court sided with Senate President Andy Biggs and House Speaker Andy Tobin, whose attorney argued that the Clean Elections Act created nothing more than a formula for reducing the contribution limits.

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    Arizona’s higher new campaign contribution limits will go into effect after the Arizona Supreme Court lifted an injunction against HB2593. The high court issued its order late Tuesday afternoon, several hours after arguments concluded in the case. The order from Chief Justice Rebecca Berch explain saying only that the preliminary injunction against the bill is lifted and the Court of Appeals opinion that blocked the law from going into effect is vacated. It is expected to take several months for the Supreme Court to issue a full opinion in the case. HB2593 raised contribution limits for state-level races to $4,000 per election cycle. The old limits were $440 for legislative races and $912 for statewide races. The Citizens Clean Elections Commission, which sued to overturn the law, argued that voters set firm limits in 1998 when they created Arizona’s public funding system for campaigns. The Citizens Clean Elections Act enacted a 20-percent reduction for the contribution limits, which the commission said established the limits at the 1998 levels. Supreme Court sided with Senate President Andy Biggs and House Speaker Andy Tobin, whose attorney argued that the Clean Elections Act created nothing more than a formula for reducing the contribution limits.

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    Arizona Supreme Court Raises Campaign Contribution Limit

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    Arizona’s higher new campaign contribution limits will go into effect after the Arizona Supreme Court lifted an injunction against HB2593. The high court issued its order late Tuesday afternoon, several hours after arguments concluded in the case. The order from Chief Justice Rebecca Berch explain saying only that the preliminary injunction against the bill is lifted and the Court of Appeals opinion that blocked the law from going into effect is vacated. It is expected to take several months for the Supreme Court to issue a full opinion in the case. HB2593 raised contribution limits for state-level races to $4,000 per election cycle. The old limits were $440 for legislative races and $912 for statewide races. The Citizens Clean Elections Commission, which sued to overturn the law, argued that voters set firm limits in 1998 when they created Arizona’s public funding system for campaigns. The Citizens Clean Elections Act enacted a 20-percent reduction for the contribution limits, which the commission said established the limits at the 1998 levels. Supreme Court sided with Senate President Andy Biggs and House Speaker Andy Tobin, whose attorney argued that the Clean Elections Act created nothing more than a formula for reducing the contribution limits.

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    SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA ARIZONA CITIZENS CLEAN ELECTIONS COMMISSION; LOUIS J.

    HOFFMAN; VICTORIA STEELE; ARIZONA ADVOCACY NETWORK, ) Arizona Supreme Court ) No. CV-13-0341-PR ) ) Court of Appeals ) Division One Petitioners, ) No. 1 CA-SA 13-0239 ) v. ) Maricopa County ) Superior Court THE HONORABLE MARK H. BRAIN, ) No. CV2013-010338 JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ) THE STATE OF ARIZONA, in and for ) the County of Maricopa, ) ) Respondent Judge, ) O R D E R ) KEN BENNETT, in his official ) FILED 12/17/2013 capacity as Secretary of State; ) ANDY BIGGS, in his official ) capacity as President of the ) Arizona State Senate; ANDREW M. ) TOBIN, in his official capacity ) as Speaker of the Arizona House ) of Representatives, ) ) Real Parties in Interest. ) __________________________________) The Court has read the briefs of the parties and amici and heard oral arguments. After consideration, IT IS ORDERED that the opinion of the Court of Appeals is vacated. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the preliminary injunction issued by the Court of Appeals is lifted. An opinion explaining the Courts reasoning will follow in due course. DATED this ____________ day of December, 2013.

    _______________________________ Rebecca White Berch Chief Justice

    Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-13-0341-PR Page 2 of 2

    TO: Joseph A Kanefield Brunn W Roysden III Mary R O'Grady Timothy J Eckstein Christina C Rubalcava Timothy M Hogan Hon Mark H Brain David D Weinzweig Daniel P Schaack Richard L Rice Michael T Liburdi Kelly A Kszywienski Gregrey G Jernigan Peter A Gentala Pele K Peacock Andrew S Gordon Roopali Hardin Desai Melissa A Soliz James E Barton II Paul V Avelar Timothy D Keller Ruth Willingham

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