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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…

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 ...

In Trump’s America, Common Cause Cares about the First Amendment
August 8, 2017   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

Common Cause, a group that actively pushes for broader campaign finance disclosure laws, recently sued President Trump’s Election Integrity Commission in federal court in ...

New CED Study Dispels Myth of a ‘Wild West’ in Campaign Finance
July 26, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , , ,

Since Citizens United, the landscape of campaign finance law has often been described as a “wild west” where politicians, donors, and interest groups can ...

On voter privacy, we’ve taken one step forward and two steps back 
July 21, 2017   •  By Alex Cordell   •  ,

In our tumultuous political climate, at least we can count on one thing: a bipartisan consensus from our elected officials on the importance of ...

A World Without Buckley v. Valeo
July 18, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , , , , ,

Decided over forty years ago, the landmark 1976 Supreme Court decision, Buckley v. Valeo, remains at the heart of modern debates over the intersection ...

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