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An Election Information Offenses Act is enacted on June 1, 2025, prohibiting the dissemination of false statements about elections by any means and punishing such acts with imprisonment up to six years. The act contains no transitional provision. A blogger posted a satirical piece alleging manipulation of vote counts on May 20, 2023. The post was widely circulated and later contradicted by official tallies. On June 3, 2025 the blogger is arrested and charged under the Act for the May 20, 2023 post. (a)Identify the primary due process issue and the controlling doctrine. (b)Explain how ex post facto analysis operates and what makes a statute ex post facto. (c)Apply to the facts: does the statute violate the ex post facto prohibition? What is the proper disposition, and why?