Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Alaska Campaign Finance Rules

The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 18 declined to take up a challenge to Alaska’s campaign disclosure law that state voters approved in 2020. Donors and independent expenditure groups contesting the law argued its requirements were burdensome and unconstitutional. The decision came in the form of an unsigned order in the case known as Smith v. Stillie. No justices dissented from the denial of the petition. The court did not explain its decision. Voters approved ending partisan primaries but adopted open primaries and ranked-choice voting in general elections in the same 2020 ballot measure, which was called the Better Elections Initiative. State courts have upheld those provisions....