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A campaign-finance watchdog group has requested an investigation of two groups’ political ads, complaining that they violated the law by airing such ads, according to an article from The First Amendment Center.
Democracy 21 filed a complaint on Oct. 10 with the Federal Election Commission against the American Issues Project, a 501(c)(4) that ran ads against Barack Obama, and the American Leadership Project, a 527 pro-Hillary Clinton group that ran ads supporting her and against Obama during the primaries.
In the complaint, Democracy 21 argues that the two groups violated campaign finance laws because they did not properly register as federal political committees and did not comply with the requirements for those committees. Under campaign finance laws, there are contribution limits and reporting requirements for such committees.
For more information on Democracy 21's complaint, see the literature on their Web site.
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