The American Anti-Corruption Act (AACA), sometimes shortened to Anti-Corruption Act, is a piece of model legislation designed to limit the influence of money in American politics by overhauling lobbying, transparency, and campaign finance laws. It was crafted in 2011 "by former Federal Election Commission chairman Trevor Potter in consultation with dozens of strategists, democracy reform leaders and constitutional attorneys from across the political spectrum,"[1] and is supported by reform organizations such as Represent.Us, which advocate for the passage of local, state, and federal laws modeled after the AACA.[2] It is designed to limit or outlaw practices perceived to be major contributors to political corruption.[3]
Its provisions cover three areas:[3][4]
- Stop political bribery by overhauling lobbying and ethics laws
- End secret money by dramatically increasing transparency
- Fix our broken elections by ending gerrymandering and modernizing voting and election funding laws.
The AACA's authors state that its provisions are based on existing laws that have withstood court challenges, and are therefore constitutional.[5]
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions | The American Anti-Corruption Act". anticorruptionact.org. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ^ "The Plan — Represent.Us". represent.us. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
- ^ a b "The American Anti-Corruption Act | Criminalize Corruption". anticorruptionact.org. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ^ "What's in the Act? | The American Anti-Corruption Act". anticorruptionact.org. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ^ The American Anti-Corruption Act: Constitutionality (PDF), Represent.Us, 2012, retrieved 2014-12-05
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