Casper Star-Tribune: Wyoming Liberty Group Starts National Organization

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But Larry Noble of the Washington, D.C.-based Campaign Legal Center, who supports some restrictions to election laws, said equating money with the First Amendment is erroneous. The institute is part of a growing group of wealthy people who want to spend more money to influence elections, Noble said. ...

 Noble, of the Campaign Legal Center, said, “There have been other groups like this. These are groups funded by wealthy individuals, sometimes corporations.” ...

 “Really, what it’s about is ensuring the ability of the wealthiest to influence elections,” he said.

Elections are becoming more expensive in the United States, in part because of laws that favor the wealthy, Noble said.

“The reality is very few people in this country are capable of giving any money in campaigns,” he said. ...

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