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ALBANY, N.Y. — The Second Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision in a lawsuit brought by an organization called Upstate Jobs Party, which is not a political party but an “independent body” that nominates candidates. It sued over New York election campaign finance laws that keep such bodies from accepting or transferring campaign contributions the way parties can. The circuit said that bodies are not similarly situated to parties, so their unequal rights is not a violation of the equal protection clause.
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