- WASHINGTON -- One of the most consequential campaign finance loopholes affecting the 2012 race -- the one allowing big-money donors to secretly funnel millions into campaign ads -- is now closed, after an appellate court ruling on Monday. (Huffington Post)
- The court's decision was a significant victory for campaign finance reform advocates who have been fighting challenged a 2007 FEC regulation that allowed limited disclosure by groups that engage in electioneering communications. (Chicago Tribune)
- Common Cause Minnesota is asking state Attorney General Lori Swanson and the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board to investigate whether the group has violated state law. (Marketplace.publicradio.org)
- Since Congress first implemented campaign finance regulations, public disclosure of funding sources has been a central component to promote transparency and reduce the potential for corruption. (policymic.com)
- The Missouri Attorney Generals Office has given OFallon Councilman Rick Lucas, Ward 1, until June 1 to pay a $7,000 fine levied last year for allegedly violating campaign finance disclosure laws. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- How do we know this? From campaign finance disclosure data. As it turns out, campaigns must make "best efforts" to obtain the occupation and employer of anyone who contributes more than $200. (Salon)
- AUGUSTA -- The National Organization for Marriage, which contributed nearly $2 million to help repeal the legalization of gay marriage in Maine in 2009, continues to fight Maines campaign finance disclosure laws in state and federal courts. (Kennebec Journal)
- It should go without saying - but it doesnt and, therefore, needs to be said again and again - that the campaign-finance disclosure enforcement and laws have to be seriously revisited. (Jamaica Gleaner)
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Campaign Finance Disclosure
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