ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Center for Competitive Politics Legal Director Allen Dickerson testifies this afternoon at 1 pm before the Maryland Legislature on House Bill 1499, which incorporates many of the suggestions CCP made in testimony last year to the Commission to Study Campaign Finance Law, but still has constitutional problems that are of grave concern to Dickerson and the CCP Legal Team.
“The definition of ‘political committee,’ though improved, is still vague and overbroad. In addition, the regulation of independent expenditures is inconsistent with federal case law, specifically the SpeechNow case. Finally, the electioneering communications disclosure provisions reach impermissibly far into an organization’s donor base, posing a potential threat to donors who support unpopular causes,” Dickerson writes.
A copy of the submitted comments can be found here.
For more information, contact CCP Communications Director Sarah Lee at 770.598.7961.
