Maine ethics panel to take up National Organization for Marriage donor list controversy

Bangor Daily News: “U.S. District Court Judge D. Brock Hornby in Portland overruled NOM’s objections to having to turn over donor lists and correspondence between NOM and Stand for Marriage Maine regarding the campaign to repeal Maine’s gay marriage law. The court has yet to rule on the larger case challenging Maine’s campaign reporting laws, however . . . The documents being sought — and what they say about who donated to NOM and why — are key to a Maine Ethics Commission investigation into whether the group’s failure to disclose donors violated state campaign finance laws.”

Nat’l Org for Marriage v. McKee, Civil No. 09-538-B-H (D. Me. Feb. 17, 2010)

Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices