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An Overview of Election, Political, and Campaign Finance Law
Election, political, and campaign finance law encompasses the legal principles and regulations governing elections, political activities, and the financing of political campaigns. It plays a crucial role in ensuring the integrity, transparency, and fairness of the electoral process and the democratic system.
One of the primary focuses of election law is establishing the rules and procedures for conducting elections at the federal, state, and local levels. This includes laws governing voter registration, ballot access, voting rights, polling place procedures, and election administration.
Political law addresses legal issues related to political activities, such as lobbying, campaign advocacy, and political action committee (PAC) activities. It encompasses regulations on campaign fundraising, spending limits, disclosure requirements, and restrictions on contributions from individuals, corporations, and other entities.
Campaign finance law governs the financing of political campaigns, including contributions, expenditures, and reporting requirements. It aims to prevent corruption, ensure transparency in political spending, and promote the public's confidence in the electoral process.
Additionally, election, political, and campaign finance law addresses issues such as redistricting, gerrymandering, election fraud, and the regulation of political advertising and communication. Legal practitioners in this field must navigate a complex regulatory landscape and stay abreast of developments in caselaw, regulations, and legal precedent.
Who Should Take CLE Courses in Election, Political, and Campaign Finance Law?
Attorneys specializing in election law, political law, campaign finance law, and government ethics, as well as those practicing in related areas such as constitutional law, administrative law, and public policy, can benefit from CLE courses in this practice area.
Given the critical importance of election integrity and transparency in a democratic society, staying informed about developments in election, political, and campaign finance law is essential for legal practitioners to effectively advise candidates, political parties, advocacy groups, and government entities on compliance with legal requirements and the protection of democratic institutions. Regular participation in CLE courses helps attorneys maintain their expertise and provide effective representation to their clients in election-related matters.
It is now more important than ever for businesses to understand what is permitted—and, perhaps more important—what is not permitted in the realm of political activity. Businesses and individuals are motivated to participate in the political process, but must understand the rules of the road to ensure compliance with campaign-finance laws, pay-to-play laws, and government-ethics laws. This presentation will provide an overview of the current state of the law, trends in enforcement and disclosure obligations, and strategies for compliance.
Contributing to candidates, starting a political action committee, raising money for candidates, and being involved in advocacy organizations are all highly regulated efforts. It is important to understand contribution prohibitions and limitations, disclosure rules, and other restrictions on political activity at the federal, state, and local levels. In this overview course, we will explain how the Federal Election Campaign Act and the various state laws apply to different activities and actors, such as candidates, super PACs, companies, and individuals.
Voting is the cornerstone of democracy. Yet many states engage in ongoing efforts to suppress exercise of the franchise and have faced a series of responsive lawsuits seeking to protect the right to vote. This program will provide an overview of voting rights, beginning with a brief historical overview of the origins of voter suppression in the U.S. It will consider how election laws impact voters’ ability to register, vote, and have their vote counted, then focus on the primary constitutional and statutory bases for protecting the right to vote. The course will focus on courts’ recent application of constitutional and statutory protections for the right to vote in recent election cycles. It will review recent significant voting rights legal challenges and developments in voting and election law, compare past discriminatory voting restrictions to modern day second-generation barriers to voting, and consider examples of racial discrimination through vote dilution, undue burdens on the right to vote, gerrymandering and felony disenfranchisement. We will end by summarizing strategies to challenge voter suppression through advocacy and litigation.
Interacting with federal, state, and local officials is an important part of the job for many successful businesses. Not everyone that interacts with the government —or lobbies —is required to disclose their interactions, but many are. Interacting with federal government officials, if you are not discussing legislation, can require registration and reporting under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Representing foreign clients can be even more daunting because of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). And that is before even thinking about interacting with state and local officials. Each state has its own lobbying disclosure system and what counts as lobbying can be eye opening: not just asking legislators to support a bill, but seeking regulatory changes, and even selling to the government can be lobbying in some places.
It is now more important than ever for businesses to understand what is permitted—and, perhaps more important—what is not permitted in the realm of political activity. Businesses and individuals are motivated to participate in the political process, but must understand the rules of the road to ensure compliance with campaign-finance laws, pay-to-play laws, and government-ethics laws. This presentation will provide an overview of the current state of the law, trends in enforcement and disclosure obligations, and strategies for compliance.
Contributing to candidates, starting a political action committee, raising money for candidates, and being involved in advocacy organizations are all highly regulated efforts. It is important to understand contribution prohibitions and limitations, disclosure rules, and other restrictions on political activity at the federal, state, and local levels. In this overview course, we will explain how the Federal Election Campaign Act and the various state laws apply to different activities and actors, such as candidates, super PACs, companies, and individuals.
Voting is the cornerstone of democracy. Yet many states engage in ongoing efforts to suppress exercise of the franchise and have faced a series of responsive lawsuits seeking to protect the right to vote. This program will provide an overview of voting rights, beginning with a brief historical overview of the origins of voter suppression in the U.S. It will consider how election laws impact voters’ ability to register, vote, and have their vote counted, then focus on the primary constitutional and statutory bases for protecting the right to vote. The course will focus on courts’ recent application of constitutional and statutory protections for the right to vote in recent election cycles. It will review recent significant voting rights legal challenges and developments in voting and election law, compare past discriminatory voting restrictions to modern day second-generation barriers to voting, and consider examples of racial discrimination through vote dilution, undue burdens on the right to vote, gerrymandering and felony disenfranchisement. We will end by summarizing strategies to challenge voter suppression through advocacy and litigation.
Interacting with federal, state, and local officials is an important part of the job for many successful businesses. Not everyone that interacts with the government —or lobbies —is required to disclose their interactions, but many are. Interacting with federal government officials, if you are not discussing legislation, can require registration and reporting under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Representing foreign clients can be even more daunting because of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). And that is before even thinking about interacting with state and local officials. Each state has its own lobbying disclosure system and what counts as lobbying can be eye opening: not just asking legislators to support a bill, but seeking regulatory changes, and even selling to the government can be lobbying in some places.
