{"id":13953,"date":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/victory-secretary-of-state-advisory-opinion-designates-upcoming-citizens-united-colorado-film-as-an-electioneering-communication-subject-to-disclosure-requirements\/"},"modified":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","slug":"la-opinion-consultiva-del-secretario-de-estado-de-victoria-designa-la-proxima-pelicula-ciudadanos-unidos-colorado-como-una-comunicacion-electoral-sujeta-a-requisitos-de-divulgacion","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articles\/victory-secretary-of-state-advisory-opinion-designates-upcoming-citizens-united-colorado-film-as-an-electioneering-communication-subject-to-disclosure-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a1Victoria! La Opini\u00f3n Consultiva del Secretario de Estado designa la pr\u00f3xima pel\u00edcula de Citizens United Colorado como una "comunicaci\u00f3n electoral" sujeta a requisitos de divulgaci\u00f3n."},"template":"","class_list":["post-13953","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":13954}","{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":9060}"],"related_issues":[137,2082],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

On Tuesday June 3rd the Colorado Secretary of State's office held a hearing to consider Citizens United's request<\/a> that their upcoming film on Colorado politics be exempted from the definition of 'electioneering communication' and associated funding disclosure requirements under Colorado State Law. Colorado Common Cause brind\u00f3 testimonio y present\u00f3 comentarios p\u00fablicos<\/a> Argumentando que la petici\u00f3n deber\u00eda ser denegada y que Citizens United deber\u00eda regirse por las mismas reglas que el resto. El jueves, la subsecretaria de Estado, Suzanne Staiert, rejected Citizens United's arguments<\/a>, declarando que Citizens United tendr\u00e1 que cumplir con las leyes de divulgaci\u00f3n si intenta influir en las elecciones.<\/p>

Colorado Common Cause argued, and the Secretary of State's office found, that Citizens United cannot, by a plain language reading of the Colorado Constitution, be considered a member of the press to which disclosure exemptions apply. Furthermore, Common Cause contended that numerous statements by the leadership of Citizens United and the content of previous Citizens United 'documentary' films depict a clear organizational policy of attempting to influence elections, rendering the upcoming film ineligible for a 'regular course of business' disclosure exemption. The Deputy Secretary of State agreed, finding that 'there certainly seems to be indicia that the intent of the film and its advertising is to influence the election.' As such, Colorado disclosure laws will apply to the film and its associated advertisements. This victory doesn't stop Citizens United from making their movie or running their ads, but it will ensure that Coloradans know where the money is coming from.<\/p>

Despite the win, the fight isn't over. The issues raised by Citizens United's request are not fully settled. In February 2012, the Colorado Secretary of State adopted a rule that drastically limited the types of election communications to which Colorado disclosure laws apply. The Colorado Court of Appeals struck down this rule following a joint lawsuit by Colorado Common Cause and Colorado Ethics Watch. However, during the Tuesday Citizens United hearing, Secretary of State Gessler made it clear he was grudgingly following the law, repeatedly expressing frustration that his rule had been invalidated by the Court of Appeals. The Secretary of State has appealed their loss on these rules to the Colorado Supreme Court.<\/p>

We don't know what will happen next. But we do know the fight to maintain and expand our disclosure laws is ongoing. And because the citizens of Colorado have repeatedly demonstrated a commitment to disclosure laws that keep unregulated dark money out of our government, all of us will need to help when the laws must once again be protected.<\/p>

Keir Lamont es estudiante de la Facultad de Derecho de Georgetown y pasante este verano en <\/em>Causa Com\u00fan de Colorado.<\/em><\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\nVictory! Secretary of State Advisory Opinion Designates Upcoming Citizens United Colorado Film as an ‘Electioneering Communication’ Subject to Disclosure Requirements - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articulos-2\/la-opinion-consultiva-del-secretario-de-estado-de-victoria-designa-la-proxima-pelicula-ciudadanos-unidos-colorado-como-una-comunicacion-electoral-sujeta-a-requisitos-de-divulgacion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Victory! 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