[EL] account of how the c4 situation became what it is?

[Craig Holman]

 Hi Justin:

The lack of donor disclosure is a very recent phenomenon -- with disclosure falling from near 100% in 2004 and 2006 to about 50% in 2010, and likely much, much lower in 2012. Attached is a report Public Citizen did on the fading disclosure in federal elections.

Attachment.


 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Elliott <jelliott85 at gmail.com>
To: law-election <law-election at department-lists.uci.edu>
Sent: Mon, Jan 30, 2012 12:30 pm
Subject: [EL] account of how the c4 situation became what it is?


Hi -- 

To briefly introduce myself since I'm new to the list: I'm a reporter at Salon who covers campaign finance from time to time. People may have read my recent inteview with Floyd Abrams and Rick's response http://bit.ly/AnZlbK  http://bit.ly/yRXw55

Quick question for the group. I'm looking for a narrative account or just good explanation of how we got to the current point of c4s running ads etc and not disclosing donors. My sense is this is a relatively new phenomenon, but I'd like to be more clear on the legal/regulatory background....

Thanks!
Justin Elliott

 
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