campaign finance
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Colorado Supreme Court accepts cases on campaign transparency, crime victim restitution
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will review whether the state’s requirement that ballot issue advocacy groups disclose the name of their legal representative on their election communications violates the First Amendment. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear an appeal. The justices also accepted a case implicating Colorado’s crime…
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Appeals court says state campaign finance enforcement framework is constitutional
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Colorado’s second-highest court agreed last week that the state’s current method of adjudicating campaign finance complaints is constitutional and is not the “very definition of tyranny.” For several years, state law has allowed any person to file a complaint alleging a campaign finance violation, which the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office then screens, decides whether to dismiss…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear appeals on campaign disclosures, right to jury trial in child neglect cases
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will consider when groups that advocate on ballot initiatives were required to register and disclose their election spending under a pre-2022 version of state law. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear a case. The justices will also evaluate whether a father…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear appeal claiming race-based prosecution
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will review whether a juvenile defendant who was tried and convicted of murder as an adult was entitled to have the case dismissed because the government allegedly engaged in selective, race-based prosecution. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to take up a case…
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Divided appeals court strikes down campaign disclosure requirement in Colorado law
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday concluded the state’s requirement that ballot issue advocacy groups disclose the name of their legal representative on their election communications violates the First Amendment. By 2-1, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals believed there was no material benefit to the public from knowing who the registered agents are…
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Trump’s campaign said it raised $50.5 million at a high-dollar Florida fundraiser
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NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s campaign said it raised $50.5 million on Saturday. The reported haul from the event with major donors at the Palm Beach, Florida, home of billionaire investor John Paulson sets a new single-event fundraising record and is almost double the $26 million that Biden’s campaign said it raised recently at…
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Biden and Democrats report raising $90 million-plus in March
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee said Saturday that they raised more than $90 million in March and ended the year’s first quarter with $192 million-plus in cash on hand, further stretching their money advantage over Donald Trump and the Republicans. The Biden campaign and its affiliated…
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President Joe Biden is lapping Donald Trump when it comes to campaign cash — and he’ll need it
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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is raising gobs of cash. And it has an election-year strategy that, in a nutshell, aims to spend more – and spend faster. Not only has Biden aimed to show himself off as a fundraising juggernaut this month, but his campaign is also making significant early investments…
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Trump attends wake of slain New York officer, calls for ‘law and order,’ to show contrast with Biden
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MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) – Donald Trump attended Thursday’s wake of a New York City police officer gunned down in the line of duty and called for “law and order,” as part of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s attempt to show a contrast with President Joe Biden and focus on crime as part of his…
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Colorado appeals court upholds campaign finance fine for ex-state Senate candidate
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Colorado’s second-highest court last week agreed a former state Senate candidate misinterpreted campaign finance law and failed to file the proper paperwork upon declaring her candidacy. Suzanne Taheri was the unsuccessful Republican nominee in 2020 for the seat now held by Sen. Chris Kolker, D-Littleton. Although Taheri believed she had satisfied Colorado’s campaign finance requirements…
