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The "electioneering communications" provisions of the McCain-Feingold law kick into place today.  This means no union or corporate money may be used to finance ...

Is campaign finance reform unconstitutional vote suppression? Maybe.  Click the headline to read more.

A decision by the Wisconsin State Election Board disrupts the Wisconsin governor's race.  The decision illustrates a too-little discussed part of the price we pay for ...

On Monday the FEC rejected a proposal to pass an interim rule allowing for grassroots issue ads to air during campaign season.  The proposal ...

The FEC has concluded in an advisory opinion that personal spending in the Washington State Republican primary by U.S. Senate Candidate Michael McGavick does not trigger ...

The Federal Election Commission is poised this week to consider crafting a regulation providing a limited grassroots lobbying exception to McCain-Feingold's 60 day pre-election ...

Last week, the campaign finance pro-regulatory community launched a coordinated media effort to drum up support for increasing the federal budget earmark for presidential campaign subsidies.  ...

In this Washington Post op-ed, former Federal Election Commission Chairman and CCP Senior Advisor Bradley Smith notes the growing use of election laws ...

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- The girl in the gold Lexus waved at Husam Thobaity.  She was in the back seat, covered by a black veil ...

Campaign and election laws are often used to stifle, not enhance political competition.