New Jersey § 19:44a-22

§ 19:44a-22.

The Legislature finds and declares that: a. in McIntyre v. Ohio, 63 U.S.L.W. 4279 (U.S. April 19, 1995) ( No. 93-986 ), the United States Supreme Court invalidated, on First Amendment grounds, an Ohio

statute prohibiting the distribution of campaign materials which did not bear the

issuer's name and address; b. nevertheless, this decision recognized that there may be circumstances in which

a state's enforcement interest justifies a more limited identification requirement; c. the court noted that in the area of campaign finance, in particular, a more narrowly

drawn statute may be permitted; d. prior decisions of the United States Supreme Court have established that regulation

of campaign finance may be justified by a state's interest in preventing actual or

perceived corruption; and e. because the McIntyre decision calls into question the validity of certain New Jersey statutes requiring

disclosures on campaign advertising, there is a need to revise the law so that it

is narrowly-tailored to help effectuate the State's compelling interest in preventing

corruption in connection with the financing of campaigns for public office.