Updates

The Anaheim City Council unanimously approved the creation of an Ethics Officer Tuesday, but have not established what powers the position will have.  Instead, the Council has asked staff to [...]

Legislation regulating the use of artificial intelligence created deepfake technology in federal elections has been introduced in both the Senate and the House.  The technology may be used to [...]

New York’s public small donor contribution matching program may soon see serious changes should Governor Hochul sign AB A7760, which would increase the threshold of voters required to [...]

The Arizona Citizens’ Clean Election Commission has adopted a new rule requiring political ads to disclose the sponsoring committee’s top three funders.  The rule includes detailed requirements [...]

SB 723, a bill to increase the Keystone State’s current revolving door restrictions from one to two years, is soon headed for a full Senate vote with bipartisan support following an uptick in the [...]

A New York trial court ruled that how leadership is appointed to the state’s new Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government is unconstitutional on Monday.  The court found that the system [...]

Beginning November 2023, Google will require any political advertisements featured on their platforms that were made with the use of generative artificial intelligence to display a disclaimer [...]

The San Francisco Ethics Commission has recently approved an initiative for the May 5, 2024 ballot in response to recent scandals there.  The proposal would tighten gift giving rules and [...]

Illinois has recently implemented new pay-to-play restrictions effecting vendors who sell automated law enforcement systems to county sheriffs or local police.  Under the new restrictions, these [...]

The FEC has decided to move forward with an attempt to create regulations around the use of campaign media using “deepfake” artificial intelligence, potentially in time for 2024.  While an [...]