Opinion ID: 2494205
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Heading: Disclaimer and Attribution Provisions

Text: Finally, we agree with the district court that  Citizens United has effectively disposed of any attack on Maine's attribution and disclaimer requirements. Nat'l Org. for Marriage, 723 F.Supp.2d at 267. NOM argues that Maine's attribution and disclaimer requirements are so great that the government's interest does not reflect the burden on speech, as the required disclosures will distract readers and listeners from NOM's message. We disagree. The requirements are minimal, calling only for a statement of whether the message was authorized by a candidate and disclosure of the name and address of the person who made or financed the communication. Me.Rev.Stat. tit. 21-A, § 1014(1)-(2). These are precisely the requirements approved in Citizens United, [36] see 130 S.Ct. at 913-14 (citing 2 U.S.C. § 441d), and they bear a close relation to Maine's interest in dissemination of information regarding the financing of political messages. The disclaimer and attribution requirements are, on their face, unquestionably constitutional. [37]