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2004 House Bill 5741: Campaign ad ban
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- Introduced by Rep. Chris Ward (R) on April 1, 2004, to prohibit radio, television, print and mail campaign advertisements financed with undisclosed soft money within 60 days of a general election and 30 days of a primary election. The bill would require broadcasters to maintain and provide additional documentation about political media buys, including the source, cost and financing of broadcast advertisements; require expedited review by the Secretary of State of campaign finance and disclosure complaints, along with higher fines for willful or deliberate violations; require the Secretary of State to publish a list of violators; and require candidate and other election committees to file campaign finance reports on a triennial basis in non-election years.
- Referred to the House Local Government and Urban Policy Committee on April 1, 2004.
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1) This is an April Fool's joke, right? by MCP-001 on April 8, 2004I was under the impression that anti-free speech legislation such as this was already under court challenge on the federal level.
We DON'T need this type of legislation in Michigan.
This bill should die in committee.
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The Incumbents are continually looking for ways to make sure they can not be defeated for re-election. Why would it be bad to run ads just before an election? Because it might help in a small way counter all the free advertising the incumbents have received over the past two years. Our legislators seem to feel Anything that might cause someone to consider not voting to re-elect them is bad, must be sought out and destroyed. Just goes to show "He who has the gold makes the rules!"
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Introduced in the House on April 1, 2004
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