Electioneering Communications Organizations are in the news in Florida. Critics say this shows how wealthy interests can legally skirt $500 contribution limits and funnel unlimited money to candidates by using electioneering communications organizations, or ECOs, which hide behind innocuous-sounding names or known lobbying groups such as the PBA.
Day: October 15, 2008
Matching Funds in Arizona
For now, it looks like Arizona’s matching funds program has been upheld in a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality. A judge on Tuesday refused to cut off supplemental money provided to publicly funded Arizona election candidates who are outspent by private funded opponents or targeted by independent groups. The brief order by U.S. District Judge Roslyn […]
Term Limits, Contribution Limits
The Times reports on some complications of the effort to remove term limits on city offices. “Candidates like me, who ran efficient and early campaigns in order to run a good race, shouldn’t be punished,” said Ms. Katz, who has not taken a position on term limits. She said the spending caps should be changed […]