As local Indivisible groups have engaged in several election cycles, we’ve received many questions about campaign finance law. While we’re not able to provide legal advice, this is meant to be a helpful resource to provide a general overview and answer common questions.
Do you find the legal terms around organizing confusing? The guide helps define what a contribution, coordinated expenditure, independent expenditure, and electioneering communications are.
"Coordination" is a legal term defined by federal election law and FEC regulation. Once a group has been exposed to nonpublic strategic info, any money the group spends on that election will likely be treated as a coordinated expenditure.
A sustainable group will likely need to go through several leadership transitions over time. It’s a normal part of group development and will even strengthen the group to bring new folks into leadership.
No matter how many new and exciting digital tools we develop to organize and stay in touch, there will never be a replacement for face to face conversations.
An entire generation has spent their formative years fighting against two recessions, a pandemic, and predatory loan terms that have seen students make payments for years, but somehow still owe the same amount.
GOP candidates, elected officials, and media influencers have been increasingly obsessed with conversations about childrens’ sexuality and we’re seeing an increase in perverted, homophobic, and anti-trans smears.
Corporate monopolies’ stranglehold on our economy has allowed fossil fuel companies and CEOs to raise prices and make record profits, while regular Americans foot the bill. In this Unpacked, we’ll go deep on rising costs.
