Judge ends Arkansas' two-year limit on campaign contributions

LITTLE ROCK — A federal judge has made his temporary injunction permanent in allowing Arkansas candidates for statewide office to accept campaign donations more than two years before an election.

U.S. District Judge James Moody Jr.'s move Tuesday reinforced his initial ruling that it's unconstitutional for the state to bar contributions for state office hopefuls more than two years before an election.

In January, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Moody's decision to grant a preliminary injunction against the state's "blackout period" for accepting campaign contributions.

Attorneys for Peggy Jones, the Pulaski County woman who sued over the restriction, have said the blackout period prevented her from exercising her First Amendment right to contribute money to candidates she wished to support in the 2022 election.

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