Election Panel’s First Black Member Blazes Path as New Chair

Simply having new blood at the FEC could help resolve impasses, said Adav Noti, a former FEC staff attorney now with the nonprofit Campaign Legal Center. Former commissioners were so entrenched in their opposition to each other they couldn’t work toward compromise, Noti said, adding that things like updating rules to recognize the importance of digital advertising in the 21st century “shouldn’t be that hard.”

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