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Political action committee. In the United States, a political action committee (PAC) is a tax-exempt 527 organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation. [1][2] The legal term PAC was created in pursuit of campaign finance reform in ...
The proposed amendment would set up a 15-member commission, appointed by retired judges, to draw the district maps for Ohio statehouse and U.S. Congressional elections. [4] The proponents say that the new law would end gerrymandering and "ban current or former politicians, political party officials and lobbyists from sitting on the Commission." [5]
Latino Victory PAC – Washington, D.C. United Puerto Rican Political Action Committee – Lawrence, MA. United We Dream PAC – Washington, D.C. US-Cuba Democracy PAC (pro-democratic Cuba group) – Hialeah, FL. Voto Latino Super PAC – Washington, D.C. Asian Americans for Good Government (AAGG) PAC – Sacramento, CA.
Jun. 28—LIMA — The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), Ohio Political Action Committee (PAC), Ohio Business Roundtable PAC, Ohio Chamber of Commerce PAC, Ohio Farm Bureau ...
Strategic lawsuit against public participation. Strategic lawsuits against public participation (also known as SLAPP suits or intimidation lawsuits), [1] or strategic litigation against public participation, [2] are lawsuits intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon ...
A group of Democratic strategists are launching a new super PAC focused on supporting the party’s legal efforts around election protection and potential battles that could come after Election Day.
Campaign finance laws in the United States have been a contentious political issue since the early days of the union. The most recent major federal law affecting campaign finance was the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002, also known as " McCain - Feingold ". Key provisions of the law prohibited unregulated contributions (commonly ...
Ohio Citizen Action. Ohio Citizen Action is an advocacy group representing 32,000 members throughout Ohio. Over its history the organization has worked on issues as diverse as single-payer healthcare, expanding access to organic produce in grocery stores, securing majority rule, and speeding Ohio's embrace of a just and equitable clean energy ...