Miles

I. Factual and Procedural Background

AKRTL is a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. It describes itself as “a membership- 3004 ALASKA RIGHT TO LIFE v. MILES based association that seeks to promote its pro-life perspective to the Alaska public.” It describes its major purpose as pro- moting “a pro-life consensus in Alaska’s public through the presentation of its pro life message.” It seeks to accomplish its goals through various forms of communication to the pub- lic, including a newsletter, telemarketing, and the Internet. AKRTL states that it is not affiliated with any political party, political candidate, or campaign committee.

AKRTL is affiliated with the Alaska Right to Life Political Action Committee (“AKRTL-PAC”) and Alaska Right to Life, Inc. (“AKRTL Inc.”). AKRTL-PAC is an advocacy organization, and AKRTL Inc. is a tax-exempt educational organization. The three entities share the same director and the same board of directors. The degree of financial separa- tion among the three entities is unclear from the record. AKRTL-PAC is registered as a “group” with the Alaska Pub- lic Offices Commission (“APOC”), which interprets and enforces…