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.
Category: Florida
FL: Suit on Electioneering
News out of Florida that a few groups are filing suit challenging provisions of Florida’s laws purporting to regulate groups involved in issue advocacy. Robert Gall, an attorney for the libertarian legal organization Institute for Justice, said the lawyers want the federal court to block enforcement of the electioneering provision before the Nov. 4 election. […]
League of Women Voters of Florida v. Browning
Today an opinion has been released in League of Women Voters of Florida v. Browning (case background here) denying a Motion for Preliminary Injunction. This interesting case involves third party voter registration issues and activities.