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Sign your name to tell Congress and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to stop illegal coordination between candidates and outside groups!
“By law, super PACs and dark money groups are required to act independently from candidates. But for far too long, wealthy special interests have flouted anti-corruption rules, exercising outsized influence on our political system — and no one has been punished. We need Congress and the FEC to act now and ensure that candidates and outside groups follow campaign finance laws and are accountable to the American people.”
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John,
Since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, outside groups like super PACS and dark money organizations have routinely skirted anti-corruption rules forbidding them from coordinating with candidates.
These groups, which by law cannot work directly with a candidate, have pumped billions of dollars into federal elections and they often brazenly break or circumvent the rules forbidding such coordination, which essentially allows candidates to circumvent campaign contribution limits to their campaigns.
And yet, the broken Federal Election Commission (FEC) has not punished anyone for breaking these rules.
This is unacceptable.
That’s why Issue One is exposing this failure to stem corruption in our newest digital research project, “Coordination Watch.” The website features six ways that outside groups and candidates coordinate, as well as ways Congress and the FEC could step up and strengthen and enforce anti-coordination rules.
Join us in our call for Congress and the FEC to guard against illegal coordination by signing our petition today!
It is unacceptable that the FEC is effectively shut down and not enforcing campaign finance laws. We need a functional election watchdog committed to enforcing the law. And we also need Congress to embrace bipartisan solutions that hold candidates and wealthy special interests accountable.
Sign our petition today and help us create a more transparent political system!
Thanks for your continued support,
Ethan Rome
Chief of Communications, Marketing, and Strategic Initiatives, Issue One
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