Please do the same. You may borrow from or copy this letter…
It was bad enough that campaign finance laws protect incumbents from meaningful competition but NOW…
The Federal Elections Commission must ALSO regulate NON-campaign speech!
Previously, the FEC exempted activist groups from disclosure requirements if their ads only promoted causes, NOT candidates.
But last week’s Van Hollen v. the FEC decision struck that rule down, meaning activist
groups I support must now report my donations to federal bureaucrats.
Why is The State entitled to know how I spend my money?
What if my support for an unpopular group or minority opinion raises suspicion from law enforcement?
What if public knowledge of my donation to an unpopular cause leads to social or career ostracism?
And…
If my ballot is secret, why can’t my donations be secret?
Your campaign finance laws DO NOT reduce corruption. They DO NOT reduce special interest influence.
DownsizeDC.org was born out of an organization called RealCampaignReform.org. We fought the passage of the McCain-Feingold law. We took a case, challenging that law, all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. And it was the result of that decision, that inspired us to launch Downsize DC.
Since then, on seven different occasions, Downsize DC has told Federal Appeals Courts or the U.S. Supreme Court, that YOU have a First Amendment, FREE PRESS right to be free of their incumbent-protecting restrictions.
We’ve championed this cause like no other group. And we’ve made a lot of progress, with tangible results.
