Court Backs FEC on Disclosure

[struggle4progress]

By Alex Knott
Roll Call Staff

A federal judge on Thursday ruled in favor of the Federal Election Commission on the issue of disclosure in a case similar to the landmark Citizens United campaign finance ruling.

The case was brought by Real Truth About Obama, a nonprofit organization that wanted to run ads to educate the public about then-Sen. Barack Obama’s policy positions before the 2008 presidential election.

The FEC said a group spending and raising more than $1,000 would be considered a political action committee and thus would have to file forms disclosing its finances for independent expenditures ...

http://www.rollcall.com/news/court_backs_fec_disclosure-206581-1.html?pos=opolh

[zacherystaylor]

1. If they spend a lot of money to manipulate

the public they should be required to disclose who their donors are. There should also be a better way for many of the more sincere members of the public to get their points of view across without spending a lot of money. Ideally this would include media reform with some accountability to the public and election reform controlled by the public.