Alabama’s Fair Campaign Practices Act includes provisions requiring disclaimers. The Secretary of State’s website describes these requirements and asks: Does the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in McIntrye v. Ohio Elections Commission affect FCPA disclaimer requirements? That case, which involved an individual who distributed anonymous leaflets opposing a proposed school tax levy, has very limited impact. […]
Month: February 2008
Permissible Uses of Campaign Funds
Today’s Post, in “Senators Diverting Campaign Funds to Kin,” notes that [u]nder long-standing congressional ethics rules, corporations, unions and other large organizations cannot directly pay senators stipends. But their contributions to senators’ election campaigns can be paid without limit to the children, spouses, in-laws and other relatives of the lawmakers, in a practice that has […]
State Issues: Illinois
The Beacon News reports a number of Illinois candidates and committees owe fines. Election officials have little leverage in collecting the fines except to kick candidates off the ballot — moot between elections or if the candidate loses. Officials have asked the state attorney general’s office for an opinion on how it might go about […]