Alexandria, VA – Today, the Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) released their comments on proposed changes to California’s coordination regulations. These changes, proposed by the California Fair Political Practices Commission, are riddled with many pitfalls and paradoxes, and CCP’s comments highlight some of the proposal’s most egregious issues:
- The proposed changes would make such a broad universe of publicly available information about candidates’ campaign plans the basis of coordination that it would force independent speakers to choose between shutting their eyes and ears, on the one hand, or shutting their mouths on the other.
- The proposal unjustifiably and irrationally prohibits family members from independently supporting their relatives’ campaigns.
- The proposal disfavors certain forms of communications and unfairly inhibits independent speakers’ ability to illustrate their points.
The Commission is scheduled to vote on their proposal at a meeting at 10:00 AM tomorrow morning. To read CCP’s full response to the proposed changes, click here.
