Bethany Marcum
21:49 - 22:29
“So the disclosure rules that passed in 2020 simply punish newcomer candidates. They are disproportionately burdensome for grassroots and smaller campaigns and candidates.”
- Speaker
- Bethany Marcum
- Timestamp
- 21:49 – 22:29
- Transcript
- Alaska Legislature: 2026 General Election - Ballot Measure No. 2 - 24ESEG - Initiative Hearings
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- July 27, 2026
From the transcript
So the disclosure rules that passed in 2020 simply punish newcomer candidates. They are disproportionately burdensome for grassroots and smaller campaigns and candidates. So compliance work is always a portion of a campaign. But for a very large, well-funded money— well-funded campaign with a lot of money from out of state that has a big group of accountants and lawyers working on compliance for them, their compliance budget is a small portion of their campaign. But for a small grassroots campaign that has to do a lot of the same compliance requirements, that becomes most of their campaign is having to do this compliance.
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