Disclosure: A Threat to Associational Privacy

January 1, 2018  •  By IFS staff  •    •  

Disclosure, in the campaign finance context, refers to laws and regulations requiring candidates and political groups to report information about their activities to the government, which then makes that information available publicly. The required information varies greatly, depending on the affected organization and the local, state, or federal government mandating the disclosure. Disclosure rules fall into two broad categories: disclosure…

How Much Disclosure?

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May 15, 2013   •  By Sarah Lee   •  

David Keating appeared on Thom Hartmann’s The Big Picture yesterday, discussing disclosure of non-profit information beyond what is already required by law. “There are ...

Darn those shareholders – don’t they know what’s good for them?

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May 13, 2013   •  By Brad Smith   •  

Proxy results keep rolling in, and shareholders keep voting against proposals to force more disclosure of corporate political activity, despite the continued assurances by ...

Ezra Klein Really Sorry About All That Evil Money Talk

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May 8, 2013   •  By Sarah Lee   •  

Tuesday, Washington Post’s Ezra Klein took to his Wonk Blog and offered something of an apology for getting “way too excited” over the influence ...

Are shareholders demanding more corporate disclosure? Proxy results continue to say “No.”

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May 7, 2013   •  By Brad Smith   •  

As campaign finance activists and Democratic Party shills continue to urge the SEC to involve itself in campaign finance – in this case by ...

Two more examples of shareholders’ actual views on mandated political disclosure

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May 2, 2013   •  By Brad Smith   •  

The Manhattan Institute’s indispensible Proxy Monitor reports two more overwhelming shareholder votes against disclosure of immaterial political expenditures. At Humana, a union introduced measure ...

Shareholders make their views known: they don’t want mandatory disclosure of political activity

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May 1, 2013   •  By Brad Smith   •  

Read more from Brad on this issue here. It used to be that the standard line of the “reform” community was that corporations had ...

CCP Comments on Constitutional Issues with New Jersey Assembly Measure No. 3863

April 29, 2013   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , ,

On behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics, I respectfully submit the following comments on constitutional issues with portions of Assembly Measure No. 3863. ...

First of the spring proxy votes again show little shareholder interest in corporate political disclosure

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April 27, 2013   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Note: An earlier version of this post incorrectly claimed that Walden Asset Management had submitted a proposal at Praxair, and that they encouraged shareholders ...

A First Look: The Wyden-Murkowski “Follow the Money Act of 2013”

April 25, 2013   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Senators Ron Wyden and Lisa Murkowski are at least (somewhat) candid about their motivations when they say “The goal of this effort is disclosure, ...

CCP Comments on California’s Assembly Bill 45

April 24, 2013   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , ,

California Assembly Bill 45, under consideration by the Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee, introduces a new reporting regime for donors who contribute $250 or more ...

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