Over the past decade, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has developed a well-deserved reputation for dysfunction. It has deadlocked on more and more enforcement matters, stood idly by while hundreds of millions of dollars in dark money have flooded our elections, and failed to take even basic steps to update campaign finance law for the 21st century. In many areas of the law, FEC inaction has signaled to political operatives that they can push the legal envelope and get away with it.
