Maine Ethics Commission Accepting Comments on Proposed Rulemaking

The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Elections Practices proposed routine technical changes to update the commission’s rules after the passage of two campaign finance bills this session. Proposed updates include guidance on the disclosure required for paid communications containing misleading manipulated media of a candidate and a threshold increase for filing independent expenditure disclosure reports. The commission will hold a hearing on June 24 and will accept comments through July 8.

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