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Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA)
FIrst reform to regulate campaign finance with effective legislation -
FECA ammended
FECA was amended to add even more regulations on campaign finance -
FECA provision declared unconstitutional
The provision in FECA that limited the amount each individual could spend on their own campaign was declared unconstitutional. -
Period: to
Presidential campaigns were largely being funded by public purse
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527
Spending by 527 committes increases to "advocate positions" -
Presidental candidates refusing public funding
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501(c)4
Increase of useage of 501(c)4 by superPACs and 527 committes begin to decline -
Barack Obama refuses federal funding
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every major presidental candidate had one or more affiliated superPACs
usually run by former members of the candidates own campaign -
Public financing of presidential elections over