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Senate panel adopts amendments to expand disclosure, ban 'red boxing' and tightens online disclaimers
Summary
Senate File 19‑96, presented by Sen. Marti, would expand the definition of independent expenditures, tighten coordination rules (including a ban on "red boxing"), change when electioneering reporting begins, require stronger online disclaimers, and set legibility standards for outdoor disclaimers; the committee adopted several author's amendments,,
Senate File 19-96, introduced by Sen. Julie Marti, would make a series of changes to Minnesota's campaign finance laws to increase transparency and to tighten rules on coordination between candidates and outside spenders, the Senate Elections Committee heard March 11.
The bill would broaden the definition of independent expenditures to cover paid communications that "promote, attack, support, or oppose" a clearly identified candidate even if the communication stops short of express advocacy. It would also update coordination rules and explicitly prohibit "red boxing," a practice the bill's author described as publicly posting campaign polling or targeting guidance on a campaign website that gives independent groups explicit instructions about audiences or messages. "They actually…
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