Deemed to Have Crossed the Line, a Nonprofit Is Sent PACing
Remember the Albuquerque nonprofit accused of partisan political advocacy by a trio of state legislators who lost their primary elections? Turns out the New Mexican government agrees with the ousted lawmakers:
An Albuquerque nonprofit group, accused by three legislators of skirting the state campaign finance law, must register as a political action committee, the secretary of state says.New Mexico Youth Organized, a division of the Center for Civic Policy, also must file campaign finance reports, Mary Herrera said Monday.
The Center for Civic Policy pledged to fight the directive, saying that mailers about the trio’s voting records were educational, not political, in nature, meant “to make sure New Mexicans knew what actions have been taken on issues important to them by their elected officials.” The defeated incumbents called it election fraud, though their challenge to the Center’s status, and not the content of its mailings, leads me to question their motives as being less about nonprofit law and more about holding on to their seats. | 501(c)
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1 opinion for Deemed to Have Crossed the Line, a Nonprofit Is Sent PACing
Kathleen Aguilar
Aug 20, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Why can’t I come up with cool blog headlines like this?
Good post!
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