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…
CCP Legal Director Allen Dickerson took part in yesterday’s daily Cato podcast, where he discussed the recent trend of placing campaign donation disclosure issues ...
Thomas DiNapoli should reconsider his priorities. As New York State Comptroller, and the sole trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, he ...
CCP Legal Director Allen Dickerson appeared at a hearing before New York's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Charity Disclosure Regulations. Dickerson will be speaking at 11 am ...
One of our mantras at CCP is that “more speech is always better.” Ideas should be judged on their merits, rather than the identity ...
The tone of this piece on the Murkowski-Wyden Campaign Finance Disclosure Proposal (something we think may be the newest incarnation of the DISCLOSE Act) ...
Slow news week in campaign finance land so let’s revisit that bastion of campaign finance reform — and haven for political corruption — New ...
A new incarnation of DISCLOSE! According to the Washington Post, one problem facing this country is a “broken campaign finance” system that contributed to a ...
Well this comes as no surprise at all: Advocates for campaign finance reform believe they have an opportunity, in President Obama’s second term, to ...
PBS’ “Need To Know” offered on Friday a good attempt at a fair and balanced discussion of money in politics in the first presidential ...
Three weeks ago, the debate raging in campaign finance community was whether or not rich citizens and corporations would buy elections. Largely missing from ...