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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…

Campaign Disclosure, Privacy and Transparency
October 1, 2011   •  By Matt Nese   •  ,

The United States has a long history of creating “public records” and viewing at least some of these as an essential part of government accountability.Public records ...

Full Disclosure: How Campaign Finance Disclosure Laws Fail to Inform Voters and Stifle Public Debate
October 1, 2011   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

Disclosure, proponents claim, produces a better functioning democracy: By requiring groups that advocate for or against issues on the ballot to reveal their funding sources and ...

CCP Testifies Before Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee
September 26, 2011   •  By Joe Trotter   •  , , , , ,

Last Friday, CCP Legal Director Allen Dickerson testified before the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee in an effort to educate Pennsylvania legislators on the ...

Testimony of Allen Dickerson before the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee
September 23, 2011   •  By Allen Dickerson   •  , , ,

Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss this draft legislation. Our national debate over campaign regulation and our First Amendment ...

Comments of CCP Legal Director Allen Dickerson on Representative Christopher Van Hollen’s Petition to the FEC
August 31, 2011   •  By Allen Dickerson   •  , ,

CCP believes that Congressman Van Hollen's petition misinterprets existing law while inappropriately attempting to enact by regulatory action what Congress has already rejected in ...

Testimony of CCP Chairman Bradley A. Smith to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Committee on Small Business
May 13, 2011   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

Thank you for inviting me here today to address a proposed executive order requiring bidders on government contracts to disclose their political spending, and that ...

Comments of CCP Academic Advisor Joel Gora to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Committee on Small Business
May 12, 2011   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

I very much appreciate the opportunity to submit this written statement to give my assessment of the Proposed Executive Order entitled Disclosure of Political ...

The Failure of Mandated Disclosure
February 1, 2011   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

In this article, Omri Ben-Shahar and Carl E. Schneider examine a variety of disclosure mandates to assess the overall utility of disclosure. As disclosure ...

Testimony of CCP President Sean Parnell to the New Jersey Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee
November 15, 2010   •  By Sean Parnell   •  , ,

The Center has serious concerns that this bill would threaten core First Amendment freedoms, including the right of citizens to associate with one another and ...

Shade from the Glare: The Case for Semi-Disclosure
November 1, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

Disclosure, normally the most widely embraced element of election regulation, became highly controversial in 2010. On the eve of the mid-term elections, a Washington Post ...

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