An example of speech regulators snagging citizen participation by parents seeking academic competence in one Pennsylvania school district. Political committees “must file reports at any election in which it expends money to influence an election,” the law states. Ms. McFall said she is unable to comment about the investigation because of the lack of information provided about it to the Boosters. The group’s objective for the primary, she said, was to give voters a choice in the general election instead of a ballot full of unopposed candidates. She said her group has shifted emphasis since the primary.”
“According to the state’s Campaign Finance Reporting Law, the group appears to qualify as a political committee under the definition of “any committee, club, association or other group of persons which receives contributions or makes expenditures.”