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      Ready to Win v. FEC (22-3282 / 23-5161)

Ready to Win v. FEC (22-3282 / 23-5161) 
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    On October 27, 2022, Ready for Ron (plaintiff or RFR) filed suit against the Commission in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court). Plaintiff claims that Advisory Opinion 2022-12, issued September 28, 2022, violates RFR’s First Amendment rights because it prohibits them from providing a signed petition with signatories' contact information to Gov. Ron DeSantis if he is testing the waters for a potential federal candidacy.Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief. RFR asks the court for preliminary and permanent injunctions prohibiting the Commission from applying the "testing the waters" statute or regulations to plaintiff’s provision of the petition and signatories' contact information to Governor DeSantis. Plaintiff further seeks a declaratory judgment holding that 52 U.S.C. § 30116(a) and implementing regulations at 11 CFR 110.1(b) and (d) are unconstitutional as applied to the provision of a signed draft petition and the petition-related expenditure of funds raised outside the limits and prohibition of the Federal Election Campaign Act. Furthermore, RFR asks the court to declare that section 30116 does not limit transfers to a person who is not a candidate, and that (a)(8) allows RFR to act as a conduit to pass signatures and contact information from a petition's signatories to the recipient. Finally, plaintiff asks that the court declare 11 CFR 100.72 (the "testing the waters" regulation) void and unenforceable, and that the court vacate AO 2022-12.
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    Appeals Court (DC) (23-5161)Court decisions:Per Curiam Order (03/11/2024)Mandate (03/06/2024)Per Curiam Order (03/06/2024)Per Curiam Order (10/31/2023)Related documents:Plaintiff-Appellant Ready to Win's Emergency Motion to Recall Mandate and/or for Reconsideration of Dismissal Due to Mootness (03/06/2024)Plaintiff-Appellant's Reply Brief (02/07/2024)Brief for the Federal Election Commission (01/17/2024)Plaintiff-Appellant's Brief (12/18/2023)Federal Election Commission's Reply in Support of Partial Motion to Dismiss (09/14/2023)Plaintiff-Appellant Ready to Win's Opposition to Federal Election Commission's Partial Motion to Dismiss (09/08/2023)Federal Election Commission's Partial Motion to Dismiss (08/28/2023)District Court (DC) (22-3282)Court decisions:Mandate (03/06/2024)Per Curiam Order (03/06/2024)Memorandum Opinion and Order (05/17/2023)Related documents:Plaintiff Ready to Win's Notice of Appeal (07/14/2023)Plaintiff Ready for Ron's Reply to Defendant Federal Election Commission's Post-Argument Supplemental Brief (03/17/2023)Federal Election Commission’s Response to Plaintiff’s Supplemental Brief Opposing Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction (03/17/2023)Plaintiff Ready for Ron's Post-Argument Supplemental Brief (03/14/2023)Federal Election Commission's Supplemental Brief Opposing Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (03/14/2023)Plaintiff Ready for Ron's Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (02/15/2023)Federal Election Commission's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (02/01/2023)Defendant Federal Election Commission's Answer (01/27/2023)Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiff Ready for Ron's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (12/21/2022)Plaintiff Ready for Ron's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (12/21/2022)Complaint (10/27/2022)


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