Recent Federal Election Commission rulings permitting PACs to coordinate text messaging and ground game operations with the candidates they support are part of a growing trend of the agency [...]
A bench trial over whether Colorado’s initiative-passed campaign contribution limits are unconstitutionally low is currently underway and set to conclude July 26. Plaintiff lawmakers in the case [...]
Legislation to expand the Los Angeles County Council, create a county executive, and institute a series of other administrative and ethics reforms has been advanced by the County Council in an [...]
As part of a sweeping campaign reform bill, Illinois political parties are now permitted to make unlimited contributions to candidates in primary elections. Previously, parties were limited in [...]
From ranked-choice voting, to open primaries, independent redistricting committees, judicial elections, and campaign contribution limits, states across the country will be voting on the most [...]
A recent $1.2 million appropriation to the Oklahoma Ethics Commission will permit the agency to continue to carry out its work while revamping its campaign finance and lobbying filing system in [...]
As one of three Democratic appointees has increasingly been siding with the three Republican appointees on the Federal Election Commission, the Commission has increasingly been making [...]
HB4488, a bill to require ‘faithful’ presidential electors and permit unlimited party contributions, has passed the Illinois Legislature and is expected to be signed by the Governor. Currently, [...]
The Vermont Legislature has enacted a uniform ethics law wrapping local officials into the ethics restrictions for their state level counterparts while also establishing new disclosure [...]
HB 1472 and HB 1220, bills that would require increased non-profit campaign disclosure and would require an additional pre-election report for all filers, respectively, have passed the [...]
