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New Mexico Says Civil Liberties Group Can Only Enjoy Free Speech If It Doxxes Donors 

A voting scorecard shouldn’t trigger a government demand for supporters’ home addresses.

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Leading up to the 2024 election, an organization called the Rio Grande Foundation planned to mail its legislative scorecard to New Mexico voters. Mailing the scorecard would allow the organization to reach across a statewide audience to better inform and update them on upcoming changes in legislation. But New Mexico state law prohibited the organization from doing so. Now the foundation is asking the Supreme Court to review the law in a case called Rio Grande Foundation v. Oliver.

The scorecard did not urge New Mexicans to vote in a particular way. But, because it named candidates and was scheduled to be sent within 60 days of the election, New Mexico’s Campaign Reporting Act classified it as an “independent expenditure” that would have forced the Rio Grande Foundation to disclose its donors to the government. 

Any organization spending more than $1,000 on communications that merely reference a candidate or ballot measure within a specified pre-election window are red flagged under New Mexico law. To send such communications, an organization must disclose........

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