Expert Analysis

California Assembly Bill 45, under consideration by the Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee, introduces a new reporting regime for donors who contribute $250 or more ...

The Center for Competitive Politics submitted comments [today,Friday] to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in response to Notice 2013-01, Request for Comment on Enforcement ...

For many reasons, enforcing campaign finance law is a highly complex issue. Most importantly, campaign finance law must be carefully crafted in order to ...

One of the primary issues with the legislation is the new, overly broad disclosure regime it creates. S.B. 375 purports to regulate communications similar ...

S.B. 320 would directly and unambiguously contradict the Supreme Court’s holding in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and the subsequent reaffirmation of that holding ...

S.B. 121 imposes burdensome and impractical requirements on corporations. Under the auspices of shareholder protection, this bill will serve only to stifle speech, and ...

External Relations Director Matt Nese submitted comments to the Maryland Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee on Senate Bill 1039, which makes several welcome revisions to existing ...

S.B. 246 broadly extends recent court-sanctioned disclosure of these communications, covering speech that discusses political issues, but does not advocate for or against candidates for office. As a result, the ...

Center for Competitive Politics Legal Director Allen Dickerson testified before the Maryland Legislature on House Bill 1499, which incorporates many of the suggestions CCP ...

Center for Competitive Politics’ Director of External Relations Matt Nese submitted comments to the New Mexico Legislature on Senate Bill 15, which proposes to create broad and burdensome disclosure requirements ...