States are ensuring adequate disclosure by expanding their definitions of "electioneering communications" beyond the federal definition to cover how the media play an important role in state elections.
In an era of skyrocketing election spending, corporations have the ability to secretly spend millions of dollars on politics. This report details the extent of the problem of anonymous political expenditures and advocates for a viable solution.
The Brennan Center for Justice submitted a letter to the U.S. Senate documenting the growth on undisclosed outside spending since 2010 and urging support for the DISCLOSE Act of 2012 as a remedy.
The Brennan Center for Justice wrote the New York State Board of Elections to underscore that the Fourth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of a definition of express advocacy under consideration for new state independent expenditure regulations.
The Brennan Center for Justice submitted to testimony to the Maryland General Assembly Commission to Study Campaign Finance Law regarding ways the state can build on the success of its groundbreaking disclosure law enacted in 2011 to strengthen its campaign finance laws.
