Transparency in political ads is vital to ensuring safe and fair elections, but transparency is difficult if advertisers are not required to disclose details about targeting and sources of funding.Source: New Tool to Analyze Political Advertising on Facebook Reveals Massive Discrepancies in Party Spending on...
Over the past few years, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) has been on a targeted lawfare campaign against the Federal Election Commission.Source: CREW v. FEC’s Impact on Independent Expenditures and Donor Privacy, Explained...
Americans of both parties worry they’ll be canceled for making donations to a campaign or cause.Source: Political Giving Should Be Private...
A political ad running on television for U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins is missing an element that the Federal Election Commission requires candidates to include.Source: Steve Watkins ad missing part of FEC-required disclaimer...
(Alfred Gescheidt/Getty Images) Former “dark money” giant Americans for Job Security has walked out from the shadows, disclosing its donors last week following years of complaints and lawsuits filed by ethics watchdogs.Source: GOP heavy hitters, Trump cabinet members revealed as donors to anti-Obama ‘dark money’...
“There is no question that public disclosure of donor identities burdens the First Amendment rights to free speech and free association” the federal judge wrote.Source: NY Ethics Law Requiring Issue Advocacy Groups to Disclose Donors Is Struck Down as Unconstitutional...
The American Civil Liberties Union went to federal court Tuesday seeking to overturn a measure that would require political action organizations that accept so-called “dark money” in New Jersey to disclose their donors. In a lawsuit filed in U.S.Source: ACLU files suit in favor of...
The 2020 presidential election is already getting nasty -- and not just for the candidates. The mud-slinging and smear campaigns also are being directed at supporters and donors, namely those with the temerity to back President Trump.Source: Trump donors and their businesses face fresh wave of...
The Treasury Department and IRS on Friday issued proposed rules to reduce donor disclosure requirements for certain tax-exempt groups after a federal judge set aside guidance the agencies had previously released on the topic because it hadn’t gone through a notice and comment period.Source: IRS issues...
The summer of 2019 was the summer of harassment for people who support candidates and causes. Rep. Joaquin Castro’s tweet doxxing constituents who donated to President Trump’s campaign rightly drew criticism of the Texas Democrat from people of all stripes.Source: The summer of political harassment...
