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Vermont conservation groups urge fix to recent PAC-definition wording before election cycle
Summary
Vermont Conservation Voters warned the committee that a change from 'or' to 'and' in campaign law could classify ordinary nonprofit endorsements as PAC activity; the group urged lawmakers to approve technical corrective language quickly to avoid widespread new reporting burdens.
Dan Fingis, executive director of Vermont Conservation Voters, told the Senate Government Operations Committee that a single-word change in the statutory definition of a political committee could have sweeping unintended consequences for nonprofits, unions and other civic groups if left uncorrected.
Fingis said attorneys for his organization and others discovered that changing the connective from "or" to "and" in the statute could create…
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