The Star Democrat: Md. campaign finance complaints stack up as Election Day nears

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“The whole existence of super PACs depends on them being independent of the campaign,” said Larry Noble, counsel at the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan advocacy group.

Noble said that this has put the focus on what constitutes coordination.

“What we see is candidates appearing at events for their super PACs. We see common vendors between the super PAC and the campaign.”

“Each of these cases, they are fact-based,” Noble said. “The motive for the complaint becomes irrelevant if it is a fact-based complaint.”

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