Rachel Schilke
1/24/24
(Washington Examiner) With a likely rematch between Biden and former President Donald Trump on the horizon, groups End Citizens United and Accountable.US filed complaints this week, hoping to throw a wrench in No Labels’s campaign fund pipeline and force the group to follow the same rules as other political parties, according to the Associated Press.
“We are continuing to work every single avenue with our partners to hold [No Labels] accountable legally, to expose them publicly and to make sure they are playing by the same rules as everyone else,” Tiffany Muller, the president of End Citizens United, said via the outlet. “I don’t think it’s any secret that No Labels is a threat to our democracy if they run a third-party [candidate]. That’s going to siphon off votes from President Biden and reelect Donald Trump.”
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End Citizen United claims in its complaint that No Labels appears to be primarily engaged in political activity “to oppose the candidacies of Joe Biden and Donald Trump.” IRS rules are interpreted as limiting political nonprofit groups to making political work 50% of their activity. End Citizens United’s complaint filed with the FEC argues No Labels’s level of spending and advocacy is against the election of Biden and Trump, so federal campaign finance laws should require that the group register as a political party.