Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Banning Cartoons of Candidates + Banning Disparagement of Candidates Without
Opponents' Permission + Limiting Distribution of Information on Legislators'
Votes:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_03_08-2009_03_14.shtml#1236721784
That's what [1]IowaHouse Bill 229 ([2]introduced by [3]Richard
Anderson and [4]Mary Mascher) would do:
3. A person shall not distribute any campaign material concerning a
target candidate with the intent to encourage the recipient of that
campaign material to vote against that target candidate, without
first ... obtaining, in writing, the prior consent of the
beneficiary candidate to the distribution of the campaign material.
4. A person shall not distribute any campaign material that
contains a cartoon, caricature, or defacement of the personal
likeness of a target candidate.
5. A person shall not distribute any campaign material that
contains photographs or other depictions of human role playing,
except of a candidate who has approved the campaign material.
6. A person shall not distribute any campaign material regarding a
vote cast by a target candidate who is a member of a house of the
general assembly if a majority of the membership of the house of
which the target candidate is a member voted in the same manner as
the target candidate and if the majority of those members of that
house of the general assembly who are affiliated with the political
party which is not the party of the target candidate voted in the
same manner as the target candidate.
7. Campaign material that refers to a prior vote cast by a target
candidate on an issue must disclose all of the following:
a. The total votes cast for and against the issue.
b. The total votes cast on the issue by members of each political
party of the membership of the legislative chamber of which the
target candidate is a member.
Thanks to [5]Prof. Rick Hasen (Election Law Blog), who has more on
this. He and I of course agree that this proposal is blatantly
unconstitutional.
References
1.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=billbook&menu=false&ga=83&hbill=HF229
2. http://www.statesurge.com/bills/466063-hf229-iowa
3. http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=777&ga=83
4. http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=46&ga=83
5. http://electionlawblog.org/archives/013161.html
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