Major Categories
Laws on Political Committees:
52%
Grassroots Advocacy and Lobbying:
80%
Definition of Campaign “Expenditure”:
75%
Regulation of Issue Speech Near an Election (“Electioneering Communications”):
100%
Regulation of Independent Expenditures by Non-Political Committees:
10%
Coordination Regulations:
60%
Minor Categories
Disclaimers:
40%
Super PAC Recognition:
100%
False Statement Laws:
100%
Private Enforcement of Campaign Laws:
0%

For a detailed description of each category, see pages 33-70 here.

Principles for Improvement:

For general policy recommendations on how your state can improve its ranking in future editions of the Free Speech Index, visit the “How States Can Improve” section of the Index.

Scott Blackburn

https://www.ifs.org/author/sblackburn/

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