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Free‑speech group urges higher disclosure thresholds, redactions and internet exemptions for state campaigns
Summary
The Institute for Free Speech told the committee that Kansas should raise donor‑disclosure thresholds, redact home addresses from public files, adopt an internet exemption for unpaid online posts, index limits for inflation, and consider allowing political party fundraising parity with PACs.
David Keating and Brad Smith of the Institute for Free Speech framed campaign‑finance choices through First Amendment doctrine and urged policy changes to reduce compliance burdens while preserving transparency where it matters.
Keating said Kansas's contribution and disclosure thresholds are outdated and often frozen for decades. "The thresholds from what we can tell have been frozen literally for decades," he told the committee, and recommended…
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