Due to restrictions on the types of funds that federal candidates may raise and spend, any PAC that is directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained or controlled by a federal candidate may not solicit , receive, direct , transfer, spend or disburse funds in connection with an election for federal office, including federal election activity as defined in 11 CFR In addition to making direct contributions, a partnership may participate in federal elections by sponsoring a nonconnected political action committee PAC.
A partnership is limited in the amount of unreimbursed support it may give to its nonconnected PAC for example, office space and phones because such support is considered a contribution. AO Candidate solicitations for independent expenditure-only committees. AO Nonconnected committee accepting corporate and union contributions to make independent expenditures. AO Establishment and administration of, and solicitations by, a political committee that is connected to c 4 corporation and only makes independent expenditures.
AO Using campaign funds to pay convention expenses of former presidential candidates. Supreme Court decision, in which it was ruled that the First Amendment protected individuals' right to spend unlimited amounts on political speech. The court upheld caps on contributions to campaigns, but stated that restrictions on spending "relative to a clearly identified candidate" were unconstitutional.
In , the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot ban political spending by corporations or unions. Because these entities are "associations of citizens," the First Amendment right to free speech also applies to groups. In Citizens United v. In the majority opinion, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote:. When Government seeks to use its full power, including the criminal law, to command where a person may get his or her information or what distrusted source he or she may not hear, it uses censorship to control thought.
This is unlawful. The First Amendment confirms the freedom to think for ourselves. Ballotpedia features , encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. Political Organization Filing and Disclosure.
Exemption Requirements - Political Organizations. Taxable Income - Political Organizations. Solicitation Notice. There are some organizations e. However, these organizations must register with the IRS and must disclose information about the contributions that they receive and the expenditures that they make.
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