By Jesse Russell

A law passed by the Idaho legislature restricting how donations could be collected for politics has been ruled unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Lynn Winmill ruled against the Voluntary Contributions Act, which would have banned all payroll deductions for union political activities. The law included deductions authorized by employees.

Sherri Wood is President of the Idaho Education Association, one of the organizations that fought the amendment.

[Wood]: We said all along that the law was unfairly targeting two specific groups, the teachers and the firefighters and trying to silence our voice.