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| 7927210331 | Federal Election Campaign Act | - limited individual contributions - limited how much one can spend on own campaign - increased disclosure - established the federal election commission | 0 | |
| 7927210332 | Buckley vs. Valeo 1976 | Upheld: - individual contribution limits - disclosure Overturned: - limits on personal spending for one's campaign (1st amendment right) - limits on total spending | 1 | |
| 7927210333 | McCain Feingold 2002 | Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act: - bans soft money to national political parties - bans issue ads from targeting candidates - raise individual contribution limits from 1k to 2k per election -bans corporations and unions from using treasury funds for electioneering | 2 | |
| 7927210334 | 527/ PAC | - Cannot coordinate with candidate - independent non-profit group - unlimited contributions - issue advocacy - can advocate for/against candidates - contributors disclosed | 3 | |
| 7927210335 | 501 c 4 | - Cannot coordinate with candidate - independent social welfare group - unlimited contribution - can advocate for/against candidates - non-disclosure Civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare | 4 | |
| 7927210336 | Citizens United vs F.E.C. 2010 | - Corporations and unions are "people" and corporate political speech cannot be limited | 5 | |
| 7927210337 | Open Primary | Elections to select party nominees in which voters can decide on election day whether they want to participate in the Democratic or Republican contests. | 6 | |
| 7927210340 | Hard Money | Money regulated by the FEC in campaign finance. Directly given to a candidate. | 7 | |
| 7927210343 | Ticket Splitting | Voting with one party for one office and with another party for other offices. | 8 | |
| 11328703172 | Soft money | Campaign contributions unregulated by federal or state law, usually given to parties and party committees to help fund general party activities. | 9 | |
| 11328724013 | independent political expenditures | spending on behalf of a candidate that is done without coordination with the candidate or his or her campaign. | 10 | |
| 11328762493 | Super PAC (Political Action Committee) | political-action committee that is allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money from corporations, unions, individuals and associations. Some nonprofit groups are allowed to contribute to super PACs without disclosing where their money came from; The most important difference between a super PAC and traditional candidate PAC is in who can contribute, and in how much they can give. | 11 | |
| 11328774976 | SpeechNow.org v. FEC (2010) | A federal case which ruled that an independent expenditure only organization could accept donations in unlimited amounts | 12 | |
| 11328799662 | Federal Election Commission | A commission created by the 1974 amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act to administer election reform laws. Its duties include overseeing disclosure of campaign finance information and public funding of presidential elections, and enforcing contribution limits. | 13 | |
| 11328827792 | McCain-Feingold Act | ban soft money contributions, increase amount that individuals could give candidates from $1000 to $2000, prevented issue ads (from IG, unions etc) within 60 days of general elections | 14 | |
| 11328856107 | McConnell v. FEC (2003) | Court upholds provisions strictly regulating "soft money" in Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform act of 2002. Provision forbidding people 17 yrs or younger from contributing to federal campaign struck down as violation of 1st amendment. | 15 |
