Court: Colorado’s GOP’s creation of super PAC was legal

Feb

Campaign Finance, Courts Matter, Ethics, In The News COEthics

James Anderson (Associated Press)-

A super PAC created by Colorado’s Republican Party to accept unlimited campaign contributions is legal as long as it doesn’t coordinate with the party, a state court said in an opinion released Thursday.

The Colorado Court of Appeals found that nothing in Colorado or federal law prevented the state GOP in 2014 from creating an independent spending committee that isn’t subject to spending limits that apply to political parties.

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