ACCOUNTING FOR CONTRIBUTIONS. CPAPA. “We scoured the Federal Election Commission website to find relevant information for accountants who are working with political candidates and campaigns.”
MONEY AND MIDTERM$. NMP. “Timed right, a super PAC might get a month or more undercover before being required to reveal its donors. And if a super PAC launches right before the election, voters won’t know who’s funding it until after they go to the polls.”
CT: MONEY IN POLITICS EFFORT. JI. “Lawmakers are renewing their efforts to make Connecticut the sixth state to pass legislation aimed at creating a path to a U.S. constitutional amendment to prevent undue influence of money in politics.”
FL: ACCUSATIONS MADE. MIN. “Less than one month from this year’s Marco Island City Council election, a candidate is facing allegations of campaign finance violations after a complaint was filed with the Florida Elections Commission less than two weeks ago.”
MA: LAWSUIT FILED. SE. “The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance (MassFiscal) last week filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Maura Healey and the Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF) alleging that one of the state’s campaign finance laws violates the constitution.”
NJ: TIES TO BERMUDA. INJ. “Gov. Phil Murphy’s campaign paid $2 million to a consulting company led by one of his top aides who at the time was tied to a campaign finance scandal under police investigation in Bermuda known as Jetgate.”
WI: “DARK MONEY” FEAR. MAD. “Wisconsin is the darkest of dark states, thanks in no small part to Walker, his Republican pals in the Legislature, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court.”
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