Campaign finance violations and corruption may now go quietly under the radar of regulators, thanks to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky).
McConnell has long been opposed to measures to enhance election security despite continued threats from Russia to the American electoral system. While Republicans have tried to shutter agencies designed to protect elections in the past, this new move from the self-styled grim reaper of progressivism is especially grim.
The Federal Elections Commission (FEC) oversees all issues relating to campaign finance. The commission is comprised of no more than three Democrats and no more than three Republicans, but has been operating at its bare minimum functional number of four for approximately a year and a half. Following the announcement that FEC vice-chairman Matthew Petersen will resign at the end of the month, the FEC will enter September effectively shuttered. He needs to be removed from office!
