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Diagram by the Sunlight Foundation depicting the American campaign finance system. The financing of electoral campaigns in the United States happens at the federal, state, and local levels by contributions from individuals, corporations, political action committees, and sometimes the government.
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".
Campaign finance – also called election finance, political donations, or political finance – refers to the funds raised to promote candidates, political parties, or policy initiatives and referendums.
The compromise mask bill was modified last Thursday to include a slew of campaign finance changes. According to the State Board of Elections and campaign finance experts and advocates who spoke ...
The New York Times reported that 24 states with laws prohibiting or limiting independent expenditures by unions and corporations would have to change their campaign finance laws because of the ruling. [96] After Citizens United, numerous state legislatures raised their limits on contributions to candidates and parties. [97]
State political finance law requires the itemized disclosure of campaign contributions for any group opposing or promoting a ballot question or election. Likewise, individuals running for office ...
Clarifications uncertain. Bipartisan agreement exists that the state’s campaign finance law is unnecessarily vague in some areas. A 2023 legislative special committee led by Proctor that studied ...
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–155 (text), 116 Stat. 81, enacted March 27, 2002, H.R. 2356), commonly known as the McCain–Feingold Act or BCRA (/ ˈ b ɪ k r ə / BIK-ruh), is a United States federal law that amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which regulates the financing of political campaigns.