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…

The IRS, “Political Activity,” and “Disclosure:” A Brief Rejoinder to Mr. Ryan

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December 17, 2013   •  By Allen Dickerson   •  ,

The Campaign Legal Center’s blog today republished a letter to the editor penned by Paul S. Ryan, the Center’s Senior Counsel. Entitled “The IRS ...

Policy Primer: Campaign Finance Disclosure – The Devil is in the Details

December 1, 2013   •  By Matt Nese   •  ,

Disclosure laws vary between the federal government and the states, and from state to state, but the general framework is quite uniform. Most campaign finance ...

Disclosure and the Willingness to Contribute

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November 19, 2013   •  By Luke Wachob   •  

Here at CCP, we’ve long been engaged in weighing the costs and benefits of disclosure. A new study conducted by Raymond La Raja, Associate ...

Seeing the Light

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November 14, 2013   •  By Luke Wachob   •  

A recent New York Times opinion piece by CCP Academic Advisor David Primo titled “Against Disclosure” argued that disclosure laws involve greater costs and ...

Ad hominem attacks from “Sunlight”

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November 13, 2013   •  By David Keating   •  

The New York Times recently published an opinion piece by David Primo, one of CCP’s academic advisers. Prof. Primo’s article, while given the provocative ...

Political Participation and Civic Courage: The Negative Effect of Transparency on Making Small Campaign Contributions

November 1, 2013   •  By Matt Nese   •  , ,

This study assesses whether public disclosure of campaign contributions affects citizens’ willingness to give money to candidates. In the American states, campaign finance laws require disclosure ...

Blatant Partisanship and Outright Misinformation: Public Citizen’s Press Conference

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October 31, 2013   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Yesterday’s Public Citizen event calling for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to promulgate a rule forcing corporations to disclose their political spending was ...

Analysis of Recent Claims by Anti-Corporate Speech Activists

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October 30, 2013   •  By Joe Trotter   •  

This afternoon Public Citizen will hold a press briefing on the recent push by pro-regulation activists to force the Securities and Exchange Commission into ...

Delaware Strong Families v. Denn

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October 23, 2013   •  By IFS staff   •  , , , ,

Should the state have the power to regulate groups that publish nonpartisan voter guides in the same way that it regulates candidate committees, political ...

“Using ‘Disclosure’ to Silence Corporate America”

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October 22, 2013   •  By Joe Trotter   •  

Jonathan Macey had an interesting article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, “Using ‘Disclosure’ to Silence Corporate America,” discussing the CPA-Zicklin Index and corporate disclosure: ...

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