These reform solutions include ensuring transparency in both the funding of and spending by political campaigns, placing reasonable limits on that funding and encouraging states and localities to adopt public financing of elections. CLC helps enact such policies at the state, local and federal levels, and works to ensure that the Federal Election Commission enforces current campaign finance laws. CLC also defends laws that ensure voters’ right to know who is spending to influence their vote and our government.
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Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed suit to challenge the OMB’s failure to disclose how governmental agencies are spending appropriated funds. Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed an amicus brief defending standing for groups like CREW and CLC to hold the government accountable through the courts.
Brad Raffensperger, a 2026 candidate for Georgia governor, has asked that his political action committee, Safe Affordable Georgia, be exempted from Georgia’s campaign contribution limits. CLC filed an amicus brief arguing that Raffensperger’s PAC should challenge the “loophole” under Georgia law for leadership PACs, not the state’s indisputably constitutional contribution limits.
Social welfare nonprofits, known as 501(c)4s, receive tax-exempt status designated by Congress for groups operating “exclusively” for “social welfare.” The IRS’ lax interpretation of the law has enabled 501(c)4s to become major conduits for undisclosed election spending. Campaign Legal Center and CREW have filed an amicus brief urging the court to enforce the statute as Congress intended.
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