On January 31, 2018, all candidates were required to submit their 2017 Annual Campaign Finance Report to the Secretary of State.
In Holmes v. FEC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously rejected an argument that the Federal Election Campaign Act’s (FECA) base limits on individual contributions to candidates violated First Amendment rights. The D.C. Circuit upheld Congress’s choice of the timeframe in which particular amounts of ...
The six-member Federal Elections Commission (FEC) will soon be down to just four with Commissioner Lee Goodman’s announced resignation, effective February 16, 2018.
While false statements are no longer actionable in the election arena, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can, and recently has, targeted telemarketers involved in allegedly deceptive solicitations.
Local citizen group Everyday People for Positive Change has collected enough signatures to put a proposed charter amendment on the May 2018 ballot.
One Ohio city recently found itself in an untenable position at the end of a three-year legal battle that included multiple trips to the board of elections, the Ohio Supreme Court and the federal courts. A citizen-initiated charter amendment attempting to stop a development project in Powell, Ohio, was ultimately ruled unenforceable by a federal ...
Avoiding conflicts of interest a challenge when most public officials, especially those at the local level, hold private employment, own businesses and have family in the community.
In an effort to increase accountability in the Ohio political system, Secretary of State Jon Husted recently announced the launch of FACE Ohio.
The start of a new year is an ideal time to conduct a compliance check of your political action committee (PAC). We recommend an annual, focused review of these eight action items.
Lobbying reports are quickly coming due. January 31, 2018, is the deadline for the September through December 2017 time period. Failure to file, or inaccuracies, can result in placement on the delinquent employer or delinquent agent lists.