By Jonathan H. Adler
If you want to get together with friends to talk about politics, hear speakers on policy issues, and perhaps create a website promoting policy ideas, do you need to register as a political action committee even if you don’t endorse candidates or get involved in elections? In Ohio the answer can be “yes,” as Ed Corsi discovered after he set up the “Geauga Constitutional Council.” Although Corsi only spent several hundred per year on the Council, the Ohio Elections Commission concluded it was required to register and report on its activities, and this conclusion was upheld in Ohio courts. Now Corsi is seeking Supreme Court review, aided by the Center for Competitive Politics.
