Reagan asks regulatory panel to rescind Clean Elections rules

Dark money disclosure? :Photo- Sergey Nivens, Getty Images:iStockphoto
Dark money disclosure? :Photo- Sergey Nivens, Getty Images:iStockphoto

By Jeremy Duda | Arizona Capitol Times

Rather than take her dispute with the Citizens Clean Elections Commission to court, Secretary of State Michele Reagan is looking to a panel tasked with overseeing agency regulations to halt a new commission rule that she argued infringes on her authority.

State Elections Director Eric Spencer asked the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council to rescind rules that the commission enacted in each of the past three years. Spencer’s 16-page filing with GRRC comes on the heels of a drawn-out 2015 battle with the commission over a rule it passed in October that could force some “dark money” groups to register with the state as political committees.

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