Tweet Your Campaign Finance Disclosure? You May Have To Soon
As candidates around the country engage more and more in social media and online advertising, state governments are struggling with how to maintain disclosure standards. How do you fit your campaign finance disclosure statement (paid for by) on your Tweet or pay-per-click ad? Should those forms of advertising be exempt like bumper stickers? When is the public entitled to know? Political candidates are anxious to use these tools but how do regulators enforce the rules when there is so much material to track down? Is a staff person’s Facebook page a reportable expenditure? Here’s a recent article on the subject from USA Today - let me know what you think.
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