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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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The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) filed suit to challenge longstanding limits on how much political parties can spend in “coordination” with federal candidates. CLC has joined the case as an amicus curiae to help defend the coordinated spending limits, arguing the lawsuit is foreclosed by a 2001 decision by the Supreme Court to uphold these federal limits.
In 2023, Minnesota enacted a law prohibiting corporations with foreign owners from spending to influence Minnesota state elections. The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce sued to overturn the law on First Amendment and federal preemption grounds, and CLC has joined the case as an amicus curiae to help defend the law.
Campaign Legal Center is participating in the defense of Maine Question 2, known as the “Prohibit Foreign Spending in Elections Initiative,” in four lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the initiative. CLC represents Protect Maine Elections, the ballot measure committee that was founded to help draft and enact Question 2.
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Nov 02
Artificial Intelligence and Potential Threats to US Elections
If left unchecked, the use of artificial intelligence to deceive voters could make it more difficult, or even impossible, for voters to evaluate the election ads that they see and hear.
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm ET • Virtual
![person using tablet with digital marketing icons](/sites/default/files/styles/400x225/public/2019-04/iStock-1025744816.jpg?h=cb0ad180&itok=jRUoPaq1)
![Chairs behind a desk with a large logo of the FEC on the wall behind them](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-10/DSC07045.jpg?h=41131d01&itok=_PDjOZEZ)
![Hands holding a sticker with a peach on it that says "I'm a Georgia Voter"](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-10/H7T3CB-2.jpg?h=9d596647&itok=GwbPgf6H)
![Trevor Potter sitting behind a desk speaking into a microphone](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-09/BZ9A4058ax.jpg?h=9d762eb3&itok=BjzaEWPK)
![The logo of the FEC with several empty office chairs in front of it.](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-09/DSC07052.jpg?h=1f790fd5&itok=_p1N-spF)
![A gavel resting on top of a stack of money](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2022-12/iStock-1058886970.jpg?h=44079001&itok=uZvEZPG9)
![tall stack of cash in dark, gloomy lighting](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-08/foreboding%20wad%20of%20money.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=zX8LS23k)
![Arizona flag in desert](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2019-05/iStock-177364141.jpg?h=818348b0&itok=dBjRif0_)
![A black and white photo with one hand handing an envelope to another](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2020-10/iStock-1005124908.jpg?h=5ad7612f&itok=IcZFlnJZ)
![The dome of the U.S. Capitol Building with a sunburst appearing behind it](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2022-07/iStock-1168027562.jpg?h=1313611f&itok=6xI4BVSx)
![One hand passing money to another hand under a table.](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2020-07/iStock-944900394.jpg?h=5c59887d&itok=f-r0mTto)
![People sit behind a large desk with microphone in front of them and a large logo behind at the Federal Election](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2022-08/DSC06806.jpg?h=bf817b62&itok=bFTm57EM)
Jul 18
Soft Money's Increased Role in the 2024 Election
Despite federal laws directly prohibiting soft money, candidates continue to look for way to inject massive amounts of soft money into their campaigns, which opens the floodgates for outside spending.
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm ET • Virtual
![A straw hat with a red white and blue ribbon and a "Vote" button on it sitting on top of a pile of money](/sites/default/files/styles/400x225/public/2022-09/iStock-498668895_0.jpg?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=TNOemyTN)
![foreign money](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2019-03/forein_money_2.jpg?h=870befb6&itok=C1_sBOEt)
![FEC commissioners Shana Broussard, Ellen Weintraub and Dara Lindenbaum seated at a long curved table during a hearing.](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-06/DSC07030.jpg?h=790be497&itok=sJsJym9J)
![Wooden judge gavel, banknotes on background of American flag on black surface](/sites/default/files/styles/200x120/public/2023-06/2BM2WJ8.jpg?h=c6543cd3&itok=upDwMHeE)