裁判官 支持するs Seattle's novel (選挙などの)運動をする 財政/金融 保証人/証拠物件s

SEATTLE (AP) - A 裁判官 has upheld Seattle's first-in-the-nation 保証人/証拠物件 system for 公然と 財政/金融ing political (選挙などの)運動をするs as 憲法の.

In a 決定/判定勝ち(する) late Thursday, King 郡 Superior 法廷,裁判所 裁判官 Beth Andrus 拒絶するd a challenge brought by two 地元の 所有物/資産/財産 owners who said the いわゆる "僕主主義 保証人/証拠物件" program 軍隊s them - through their 税金 dollars - to support 候補者s they don't like.

Seattle's 投票者s 認可するd the program in 2015, and it's 存在 used for the first time in this year's City 会議 and city 弁護士/代理人/検事 races. Under it, the 投票者s 税金d themselves $3 million a year in 交流 for four $25 保証人/証拠物件s that they can 調印する over to 候補者s.

FILE - In this June 28, 2017, a City of Seattle Democracy Voucher belonging to the wife of Mark Elster rests on a table, in Seattle. Elster is a plaintiff in a new lawsuit challenging Seattle's first-in-the-nation voucher system for publicly financing political campaigns. A judge has upheld Seattle's voucher system as constitutional. In a decision late Thursday, Nov. 2 King County Superior Court Judge Beth Andrus rejected a challenge brought by two local property owners who said the so-called "democracy voucher" program forces them to support candidates they don't like.  (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

FILE - In this June 28, 2017, a City of Seattle 僕主主義 保証人/証拠物件 belonging to the wife of 示す Elster 残り/休憩(する)s on a (米)棚上げする/(英)提議する, in Seattle. Elster is a 原告/提訴人 in a new 訴訟 challenging Seattle's first-in-the-nation 保証人/証拠物件 system for 公然と 財政/金融ing political (選挙などの)運動をするs. A 裁判官 has upheld Seattle's 保証人/証拠物件 system as 憲法の. In a 決定/判定勝ち(する) late Thursday, Nov. 2 King 郡 Superior 法廷,裁判所 裁判官 Beth Andrus 拒絶するd a challenge brought by two 地元の 所有物/資産/財産 owners who said the いわゆる "僕主主義 保証人/証拠物件" program 軍隊s them to support 候補者s they don't like. (AP Photo/Ted S. 過密な住居, とじ込み/提出する)

The idea is to 反対する big money in 選挙s, help lesser-known 候補者s raise money to communicate their 見解(をとる)s, and to get more 投票者s 伴う/関わるd in politics.

The program is 合法的な because the city has a reasonable justification for it, it doesn't 促進する any particular viewpoint over any other, and it 落ちるs within the 範囲 of public (選挙などの)運動をする 財政/金融ing 許すd by the U.S. 最高裁判所, the 裁判官 wrote.

"The City has articulated a reasonable justification for the 僕主主義 保証人/証拠物件 Program," Andrus wrote. "It 捜し出すs an 増加する in 投票者 参加 in the 選挙(人)の 過程. ... The 僕主主義 保証人/証拠物件 Program is a viewpoint 中立の method for 達成するing this goal."

The 太平洋の 合法的な 創立/基礎, the libertarian-leaning 法律 会社/堅い which 代表するd 地元の 所有物/資産/財産 owners 示す Elster and Sarah Pynchon, will 控訴,上告, said 弁護士/代理人/検事 Ethan Blevins.

"This dis 任命するing 決定/判定勝ち(する) runs contrary to a long line of 最高裁判所 事例/患者s 明言する/公表するing that the First 改正 許すs each of us to decide what to say and what not to say," Blevins said in a written 声明 Friday. "The 最高裁判所 has 適用するd this 支配する to compelled speech and compelled 補助金s of speech, like the 税金 at 問題/発行する here. Our (弁護士の)依頼人s and Seattle 所有物/資産/財産 owners 一般に should not be 軍隊d to sponsor other people's political 見解(をとる)s."

But the U.S. 最高裁判所 has 一般に upheld the public 財政/金融ing of (選挙などの)運動をするs, within the 限界s of the First 改正, 説 that "public 財政/金融ing as a means of 除去するing the 妥当でない 影響(力) of large 私的な 出資/貢献s その上のs a 重要な 政治の 利益/興味" - helping to 除去する 汚職.

The 判決,裁定 was welcomed by the city and by groups 押し進めるing to 減ずる the 影響(力) of big money in (選挙などの)運動をするs.

"This 肯定的な 決定/判定勝ち(する) 保護するs the city of Seattle's ability to 上げる 国民 約束/交戦 in 地元の (選挙などの)運動をするs," said Tara Malloy, of the Washington, D.C.-based (選挙などの)運動をする 合法的な 中心.

によれば the city, the 税金 that raises money for the program costs the 普通の/平均(する) homeowner $11.50 per year. Only a fraction of the city's 投票者s have 供給するd 保証人/証拠物件s to 候補者s, so there's been more than enough money raised by the 税金 to cover the costs.

候補者s must qualify to receive the 保証人/証拠物件s by collecting 確かな numbers of small-dollar 出資/貢献s. The 最新の data from the program, updated Thursday, shows the 候補者s have redeemed more than 42,000 保証人/証拠物件s valued at more than $1 million.

City 会議 候補者s Teresa Mosqueda and Jon 認める have each received and redeemed the 最大限 number 許すd - 12,000, valued at $300,000.

FILE- In this June 28, 2017, file photo, Mark Elster shows reporters copies of Democracy Vouchers belonging to him and his wife during a news conference in his home in Seattle. Elster is a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Seattle's first-in-the-nation voucher system for publicly financing political campaigns. A judge has upheld Seattle's voucher system as constitutional. In a decision late Thursday, Nov. 2 King County Superior Court Judge Beth Andrus rejected a challenge brought by two local property owners who said the so-called "democracy voucher" program forces them to support candidates they don't like.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

FILE- In this June 28, 2017, とじ込み/提出する photo, 示す Elster shows reporters copies of 僕主主義 保証人/証拠物件s belonging to him and his wife during a news 会議/協議会 in his home in Seattle. Elster is a 原告/提訴人 in a 訴訟 challenging Seattle's first-in-the-nation 保証人/証拠物件 system for 公然と 財政/金融ing political (選挙などの)運動をするs. A 裁判官 has upheld Seattle's 保証人/証拠物件 system as 憲法の. In a 決定/判定勝ち(する) late Thursday, Nov . 2 King 郡 Superior 法廷,裁判所 裁判官 Beth Andrus 拒絶するd a challenge brought by two 地元の 所有物/資産/財産 owners who said the いわゆる "僕主主義 保証人/証拠物件" program 軍隊s them to support 候補者s they don't like. (AP Photo/Ted S. 過密な住居, とじ込み/提出する)

FILE-  In this June 28, 2017, file photo, attorney Ethan Blevins talks to reporters, in the home of his client, Mark Elster, in Seattle. Elster is a plaintiff in a new lawsuit challenging Seattle's first-in-the-nation voucher system for publicly financing political campaigns. A judge has upheld Seattle's voucher system as constitutional. In a decision late Thursday, Nov. 2 King County Superior Court Judge Beth Andrus rejected a challenge brought by two local property owners who said the so-called "democracy voucher" program forces them to support candidates they don't like.  (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

FILE- In this June 28, 2017, とじ込み/提出する photo, 弁護士/代理人/検事 Ethan Blevins 会談 to reporters, in the home of his (弁護士の)依頼人, 示す Elster, in Seattle. Elster is a 原告/提訴人 in a new 訴訟 challenging Seattle's first-in-the-nation 保証人/証拠物件 system for 公然と 財政/金融ing political (選挙などの)運動をするs. A 裁判官 has upheld Seattle's 保証人/証拠物件 system as 憲法の. In a 決定/判定勝ち(する) late Thursday, Nov. 2 King 郡 Superior 法廷,裁判所 裁判官 Beth Andrus 拒絶するd a challenge brought by two 地元の 所有物/資産/財産 owners who said the いわゆる "僕主主義 保証人/証拠物件" program 軍隊s them to support 候補者s they don't like. (AP Photo/Ted S. 過密な住居, とじ込み/提出する)

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