Hvad er pacs, og hvad gør de?
Political action committee
I USA og Canada er en politisk aktionskomité (PAC) en organisation, der samler kampagnebidrag fra medlemmer og donerer disse midler til at føre kampagne for eller imod kandidater, afstemningsinitiativer eller lovgivning. Den juridiske betegnelse PAC er blevet skabt i forbindelse med en reform af kampagnefinansieringen i USA. Denne betegnelse er helt specifik for alle aktiviteter i forbindelse med kampagnefinansiering i USA. Demokratier i andre lande bruger andre betegnelser for enheder af kampagneudgifter eller udgifter til politisk konkurrence (se politisk finansiering). På føderalt niveau i USA bliver en organisation et PAC, når den modtager eller bruger mere end 1 000 USD med henblik på at påvirke et føderalt valg og registreres hos Federal Election Commission i henhold til Federal Election Campaign Act som ændret ved Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (også kendt som McCain-Feingold Act). På delstatsniveau bliver en organisation et PAC i henhold til delstatens valglove.
Political action committee
In the United States and Canada, a political action committee (PAC) is an organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaign for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation. The legal term PAC has been created in pursuit of campaign finance reform in the United States. This term is quite specific to all activities of campaign finance in the United States. Democracies of other countries use different terms for the units of campaign spending or spending on political competition (see political finance). At the U.S. federal level, an organization becomes a PAC when it receives or spends more than $1,000 for the purpose of influencing a federal election, and registers with the Federal Election Commission, according to the Federal Election Campaign Act as amended by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (also known as the McCain-Feingold Act). At the state level, an organization becomes a PAC according to the state's election laws.
Political action committee