A federal judge has ordered the state to remove the names of state contractors’ children from a campaign-reform web site. The ruling came last week after a daylong court hearing pitting the interests of clean government against fears of Internet-trawling sexual predators.
The State Elections Enforcement Commission (SEEC) planned to begin posting on its web site the names of executives of state contracting firms and their spouses and children, as part of a broader campaign-finance reform law that took effect Jan. 1. U.S. District Court Judge Stefan R. Underhill ruled Jan. 2 that the SEEC may proceed with posting the names of the principals and spouses, but not the children. Underhill’s order came in the form of a temporary injunction sought by a financial industry trade group.
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