On Thursday, July 21, 2016, the St. Petersburg City Council voted 6-1 to move forward for consideration our proposed ordinance to abolish super PACs and ban foreign corporate money in local elections.
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Check out a full recap on today’s city council vote in St. Petersburg, Florida on whether to move forward our proposed city ordinance to end super PACs and fight foreign-influenced corporations in local elections.
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The American Prospect reported on our latest initiative to abolish super PAC spending and ban foreign-influenced corporations from spending in local Florida elections.
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Building off of our momentum from our recent filing of the FEC complaint to end super PACs, FSFP is preparing to launch a new campaign in St. Petersburg, Florida, that will create another test case to challenge super PACs and foreign money in elections.
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Legal blog, Above the Law covered our Netroots Nation 2016 panel on “Bold New Strategies For Achieving Political Equality Through a New Supreme Court.”
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On Friday, July 15, Free Speech For People organized a panel on, “Bold Strategies for Achieving Political Equality Through a New Supreme Court” at the Netroots Nation 2016 conference, held in St. Louis Missouri.
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Free Speech For People counsel, Scott Greytak and Vice Chair of the St. Petersburg City Council, Darden Rice, co-authored a column in the Tampa Bay Times on the corrupting influence of Super PACs and how a new ordinance could curb outside spending.
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Noah Feldman, a Bloomberg View columnist offers an astute assessment of our litigation strategy in challenging SpeechNow.org v. FEC, and the challenges that come with it.
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Money in politics reporter for the Huffington Post, Paul Blumenthal reported on this week’s Free Speech For People’s FEC complaint, saying “this could be the beginning of the end for Super PACs.”
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Today, Free Speech For People, along with a bipartisan coalition of Members of Congress and congressional candidates—and joined by the Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission seeking to abolish Super PAC spending in US elections.
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