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Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Government and the Courts: Our New Campaign Mangers?

More good news from the nanny state: the FEC may be regulating political activity on the internet.

"With political fund raising, campaign advertising and organizing taking place in full swing over the Internet, it may just be a matter of time before the Federal Election Commission joins the action. Well, that time may be now.

A recent federal court ruling says the FEC must extend some of the nation's new campaign finance and spending limits to political activity on the Internet.

Long reluctant to step into online political activity, the agency is considering whether to appeal."

Don't you feel much safer now?
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