by Adam Eichen | Nov 21, 2019 | End SuperPACs, In the News
A national debate about campaign donations is taking shape in Alaska. An Anchorage Superior Court ruled Nov. 4, the Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) had failed to enforce contribution limits to political campaigns. APOC has until Monday, Nov. 25 to appeal the...
by Adam Eichen | Nov 6, 2019 | End SuperPACs, In the News
Advocates of toughening campaign finance regulation are thrilled by a judge’s ruling in Alaska this week, which they view as a potential starting point for reversing the Supreme Court decision that opened the floodgate of money into politics this decade.
by Adam Eichen | Nov 6, 2019 | End SuperPACs, In the News
An Anchorage judge has ruled that contribution limits should be enforced to independent expenditure groups, the Alaska equivalent of super PACs. The case was brought forward by Equal Citizens, a nonprofit based out of Washington D.C., on behalf of three Alaskans. The...
by Adam Eichen | Nov 5, 2019 | End SuperPACs, In the News
A ruling in a court in Alaska Monday could open the door to imposing more restrictions on super PACs and possibly reversing the infamous 2012 Citizens United by the U.S. Supreme Court that in 2012 upended the nation’s campaign finance laws.
by Adam Eichen | Nov 4, 2019 | End SuperPACs, In the News
A Superior Court judge in Anchorage has issued a ruling that may hobble the big-money independent expenditure groups that have come to dominate Alaska elections. Jason Harrow, of the group Equal Citizens, is one of the attorneys who brought the case on behalf of three...
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