11 CFR 109.21 - What is a ''coordinated communication''?
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53 practice notes
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Part II
Federal Election Commission,
...such would have to be so reported through the amendment process. Please note that nothing in these final rules alters the application of 11 CFR 109.21(b)(2) or 109.37(a)(3) or (b). The Commission also notes that these final rules in no way address situations where the Commission determines ......
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Federal Election Commission,
...new regulations on ``coordinated communications'' in their place. Public Law 107-155, sec. 214(b), (c) (March 27, 2002). A new section 11 CFR 109.21 implements this Congressional In addition, the new and revised rules implement several new restrictions found in BCRA on the timing of indepen......
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Independent Expenditures and Electioneering Communications by Corporations and Labor Organizations
...\8\ The Commission's coordination regulations distinguish between communications (e.g., advertisements, mass mailings, phone banks), 11 CFR 109.21, and ``non-communication'' expenditures (e.g., rent or computers), 11 CFR 109.20(b). See Coordinated and Independent Expenditures, 68 FR 425-26 ......
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Part III
...to meet both the definition of ``independent expenditure'' in 2 U.S.C. 431(17) and the definition of ``coordinated communication'' under 11 CFR 109.21? Is the function of the definition of ``independent expenditure'' in 2 U.S.C. 431(17)(A) limited to the 24-hour and 48-hour reporting requir......
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22 cases
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Shays v. Federal Election Com'n, No. 04-5352.
...ads more than 120 days before the election; according to Shays and Meehan, BCRA restricts such spending. See infra at 97-98 (discussing 11 C.F.R. § 109.21). Likewise, rival state parties may spend soft money to pay employees devoting a quarter of their time to defeating Shays and Meehan; th......
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McConnell v. Fed. Election Comm'n, No. 02–582 CKK,KLH,RJL
...or policy issues." Final Rules; Coordinated and Independent Expenditures, 68 Fed.Reg. at 455 (Jan. 3, 2003) (to be codified at 11 C.F.R. § 109.21(f) ). To decide Plaintiffs' claims at this juncture would entangle the Court in a dispute that has not been "presented in a clean-cut and concret......
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Shays v. U.S. Federal Election Com'n, Civil Action No. 06-1247 (CKK).
...Judgment. Summary of Conclusions The Court concludes that the revised coordinated communications content standard contained in 11 C.F.R. § 109.21(c)(4) survives Chevron analysis, but does not meet the Administrative Procedure Act's ("APA") requirement of reasoned Page 19 See infra at 37-49.......
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Campaign Legal Ctr. v. Fed. Election Comm'n, Civil Action No. 19-2336 (JEB)
...with the candidate/party satisfies specified ‘conduct standards.’ " Shays v. FEC, 414 F.3d 76, 98 (D.C. Cir. 2005) (quoting 11 C.F.R. § 109.21(a) ). The "content standards" referred to in subsection (2) of the regulation require the communication to be a "public" one. See 11 C.F.R. § 109.21......
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5 firm's commentaries
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A Guide to Political and Lobbying Activities - Updated: February 2012
...discussions with the candidate or party; (4) made by an entity with a “common vendor” to produce or distribute the communication (11 C.F.R. 109.21(d)(4)); or (5) made or informed by an entity who had previously been an employee or independent contractor of a campaign or party committee, wit......
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A Guide to Political and Lobbying Activities
...discussions with the candidate or party; (4) made by an entity with a “common vendor” to produce or distribute the communication (11 C.F.R. 109.21(d)(4)); or POLITICAL FUNDRAISING Page I-37 Copyright © 2019 K&L Gates (5) made or informed by an entity who had previously been an employee ......
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Super-PACs And Elections: Separating Myth From Reality
...PAC." Jack Coyle, Colbert's Rolling Super PAC Donations, Wash. Post, Feb. 1, 2012, at C5. 21 See generally 2 U.S.C. § 437(g). 22 11 C.F.R. §§ 109.21(d)(4) & 23 Id. § 109.21(h). The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advi......
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Vote For This And We Will Support You! How The New Definition of Coordinated Communications Affects Political Speech in The Wake of Citizens United
...communication, and (ii) whether the federal candidate, campaign committee, or political party either initiated it or consented to it. 11 C.F.R. § 109.21. One element of the content test and a separate element of the conduct test must be met for a communication to be considered Content Test ......
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1 books & journal articles
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Voters Need to Know: Assessing the Legality of Redboxing in Federal Elections.
...(141). Id. ("The new safe harbor [for publicly available information] does not apply to the 'request or suggestion' conduct standard in 11 C.F.R. 109.21 (d) (1)." (emphasis (142). Id. (143). See supra Section LA (discussing the origins of the practice). (144). See, e.g., FEC MUR 6908 (Natio......