Whenever a mainstream media outlet mentions a “little-known provision” of campaign finance laws, it is a must-read article: Clinton loaned her struggling campaign $11 million in recent months. A little-known provision of a 2002 campaign- finance law cosponsored by McCain prevents candidates who drop out of the race from raising money after the nominating conventions […]
Month: May 2008
State of Play in Vermont
Does Vermont have a campaign finance law? It’s not a new question to those who have followed the law there and is making news because of comments by a high-ranking official. The top Democrat in the Vermont Senate is facing criticism for comments he made this week that Gov. Jim Douglas’ vetoes of campaign finance […]
Leake and Speechnow.org
Steve Hoersting (Center for Competitive Politics) has written an important article on the group’s blog dealing with “major purpose” tests. The election bar and courts need to close the loop on a widely held concept: “Major purpose,” or more precisely, the lack of an electoral one, is an added shield against registration for organizations that […]