The State Campaign Finance Index 2022

The Coalition for Integrity released the first State Campaign Finance Index. This Index analyzes the laws of 50 states and the District of Columbia relating to the scope, independence, and powers of state agencies which regulate campaign finance, as well as each state’s laws on campaign coordination, campaign contributions, disclosure of those contributions, requirements for transparency of funding of independent expenditures and political advertisements, and the availability of campaign finance information. The Index focuses on laws pertaining to state executive and legislative races.

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KSBW 8 has recently interviewed Shruti Shah, the CEO & President of the Coalition for Integrity, to discuss concerns regarding the lack of extensive oversight programs in the bipartisan infrastructure deal. See the full report here.

The Roanoke Times has published an article referencing C4I’s  S.W.A.M.P. index to highlight the need for campaign finance reform in Virginia. Read the full article here.

Regarding the billions of dollars lost in COVID relief fraud, the President and CEO of C4I said to WKYC Studios “Taxpayers should be very, very concerned, because ultimately we foot the bill for all of this.” Read the full article here.

Shruti Shah, President and CEO of Coalition for Integrity, was recently quoted in an article by the New York Magazine discussing corruption surrounding Russian oligarchs and its impact on the state of democracy. Read the article here.

In a blog written on GAB (The Global Anticorruption Blog), Shruti Shah,  the President and CEO of C4I, discusses why the U.S. must crackdown on illicit finance in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Read the full blog here.

The Washington Post report on how the Biden administration is preparing to dramatically expand the number of Russian oligarchs subject to U.S. sanctions, aiming to punish the financial elite close to President Vladimir Putin. President and CEO Shruti Shah is quoted in the article. Read the full article here.

Coalition for Integrity’s comments to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the Treasury Department on a proposed rule that would address the vulnerability of the U.S. real estate market to money laundering and other illicit activity, submitted on February 21st. Read the comments here.

Comments on notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to implement the beneficial ownership reporting requirements in the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), submitted on February 7, 2022. Read the comments here.