Judge: Pull Back Secrecy Curtain

With just a week to go in Idaho’s most dramatic campaign of 2012, 4th District Judge Mike Wetherell moved to end the mystery surrounding a new interest group that wants to keep its donor list secret. Education Voters of Idaho fought to suppress who gave $200,350 spent to convince voters to approve Superintendent Tom Luna’s education reforms in Propositions 1, 2 and 3 on Tuesday’s ballot. Though he wouldn’t fit in anyone’s bicycle basket, Secretary of State Ben Ysursa is playing Toto, grabbing the screen shrouding the donors and yanking. Wetherell granted Ysursa’s motion for disclosure less than three hours after hearing oral arguments Monday. “Voters are entitled to know who is standing behind the curtain,” Wetherell wrote/ Dan Popkey , Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: Has the attempt by Education Voters of Idaho to keep contributors secret hurt its cause?