Letter to FEC Expresses Deep Concerns about the Agency
In a letter sent today by seven reform organizations to the six Commissioners who serve on the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the groups strongly criticized the agency for its misguided rulemaking priorities.
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Seven reform organizations—Democracy 21, the Campaign Legal Center, the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law, Common Cause, the League of Women Voters of the United States, Public Citizen and U.S. PIRG— sent a letter to the six Commissioners who serve on the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The groups strongly criticized the agency for its misguided rulemaking priorities.
The groups also strongly criticized three of the six Commissioners—Vice Chairman Matthew Petersen, Commissioner Donald McGahn, and Commissioner Caroline Hunter—for their demonstrated “distinct lack of interest in enforcing” the campaign finance laws.
The groups called for fundamental changes in the approach used by the President to nominate Commissioners to the FEC and in the structure and authority of the agency.