{"id":856,"date":"2024-08-01T16:43:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T22:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/new-mexico\/?post_type=work&p=856"},"modified":"2024-08-01T17:20:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T23:20:42","slug":"disclosure-and-transparency","status":"publish","type":"work","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/new-mexico\/work\/disclosure-and-transparency\/","title":{"rendered":"Disclosure and Transparency"},"template":"","class_list":["post-856","work","type-work","status-publish","hentry","work_type-campaign"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Voters across the political spectrum support strong disclosure laws. New Mexicans deserve to know who is trying to influence our government with secret money.","featured_image":"","work_type":180,"related_issues":[84,402],"location":34},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

Transparent Government Is A Hallmark Of A Healthy Democracy<\/h3>\r\nEveryone has a right to know who is trying to influence our views and our representatives.\r\n\r\nA 21st century democracy requires strong transparency and disclosure laws so everyone knows who is funding political campaigns. Secret money in elections is unacceptable and undemocratic.\r\n\r\nThe need for heightened transparency has never been more urgent, as millions of dollars from anonymous sources flood into elections around the country. In New Mexico, we see out-of-state special interests investing unprecedented amounts of money in every election -- from statewide races to local ballot initiatives to school board seats.\r\n\r\nThe Citizens United<\/em> Supreme Court decision brought huge sums of money into our politics. However, the U.S. Supreme Court, in that decision and others, has also upheld the need for disclosure.\r\n\r\nCommon Cause New Mexico is working to pass constitutional disclosure laws in New Mexico.<\/strong> It is essential that we restore the Campaign Reporting Act (CRA) and adapt the CRA to modern methods of campaigning.\r\n
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  1. Restore the enforceability of the Campaign Reporting Act (CRA)<\/strong> -- Since the CRA was enacted, the courts have developed restrictions on the authority of governments to regulate campaign speech. Under these rules, several key provisions of the CRA have been invalidated by the courts.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Adapt the CRA to modern methods of campaigning<\/strong>\u00a0-- Additionally, there are now numerous national and local independent groups participating in state elections in a variety of ways, ranging from campaign ads coordinated with candidates to an occasional ad mentioning a public official who is running for re-election.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nCommon Cause New Mexico also continues to work with the Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State through rules and regulations to provide important definitions and enforceable provisions to shore up some of the loopholes in the CRA.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nRules clarifying campaign reporting requirements for PACs and independent spenders have been implemented, giving voters the right to know who is behind the huge independent expenditures every election. The rules also define \u201ccoordinated\u201d expenditure and \u201cindependent\u201d PAC to cover groups that have eluded reporting requirements by claiming they are non-political.\r\n\r\nThe biggest beneficiary of strong, constitutionally enforceable campaign finance disclosure laws and rules is the public. More still needs to be done to shed a light on money in our elections."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_email_signup","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_email_signup":{"":null,"small_title":"Join Us","large_title":"Fight for transparency in elections!","action_network_embed":"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/widgets\/v3\/form\/lando-test","disclaimer":"An informed electorate is the basis of a democracy. 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