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Disclosure: A Threat to Associational Privacy
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS staff  •    •  

Disclosure, in the campaign finance context, refers to laws and regulations requiring candidates and political groups to report information about their activities to the government, which then makes that information available publicly. The required information varies greatly, depending on the affected organization and the local, state, or federal government mandating the disclosure. Disclosure rules fall into two broad categories: disclosure…

Lee Goodman Offers Spirited Defense of First Amendment in Campaign Finance Law
October 22, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

How big a problem is “dark money”? What about corporate spending in politics? Why doesn’t the FEC take a stronger stand against political activities ...

Over a Year Later, Coloradans Find out Exactly What was in Legislators’ Disclosure Bill
October 16, 2017   •  By Alex Cordell   •  ,

Last Sunday, candidates who had already begun their campaigns for Colorado’s 2018 state elections received a rude awakening when news broke that the reach ...

Congress should protect political speech by ignoring Disclose Act
September 22, 2017   •  By Eric Wang   •  ,

Facebook recently revealed that a Russian firm had purchased political ads on the social media site beginning in the summer of 2015 mentioning Hillary ...

2017 DISCLOSE Act Would Unconstitutionally Restrict Speech, CCP Analysis Finds

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September 22, 2017   •  By IFS Staff   •  ,

"The DISCLOSE Act is a misnomer. Rather than implement meaningful disclosure requirements, the bill attempts to make speaking so burdensome that groups will decide ...

Analysis of the “DISCLOSE Act of 2017” (S. 1585): New Bill, Same Plan to Crack Down on Speech
September 22, 2017   •  By Eric Wang   •  ,

Ever since the Supreme Court issued its Citizens United ruling in 2010, opponents of the decision in Congress have been trying to counteract it ...

How government enables online outrage mobs
September 6, 2017   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

Bloomberg columnist Megan McArdle recently noted that “we live in fear of online mobs.” She writes that increasingly people “are terrified that something they ...

Constitutional and Practical Issues with New Mexico Secretary of State Revised Proposed Rule 1.10.13 NMAC
August 29, 2017   •  By Tyler Martinez   •  , ,

VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Hon. Maggie Toulouse Oliver, New Mexico Secretary of State Capitol Annex North 325 Don Gaspar Suite 300 Santa Fe, N.M. 87501 ...

“Dark Money” Fell in 2016, but is that Good News?
August 24, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

How transparent is political spending in the United States? Data from the 2016 election cycle may surprise you. So-called “dark money” actually went down, ...

Issue One Interview Unwittingly Undermines Narrative of Campaign Finance Corruption
August 23, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

Last week, Issue One – a group that advocates for greater regulation of political speech – published an interview with former Congressman Mike Castle. ...

Can Nonprofits Be Successful without Donor Privacy?
August 16, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Last week, Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ), a website and magazine that writes about nonprofit management and governance, published an article about “liberating” 501(c)(4) advocacy nonprofits ...

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