Express Advocacy in the United States

Express Advocacy in the context of the Political Party Committees

In this context, Express Advocacy may be defined as follows: Unambiguously advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified federal candidate. There are two ways that a communication can be defined as express advocacy (candidate advocacy): by use of certain “explicit words of advocacy of election or defeat” and by the “only reasonable interpretation” test. 100.22. See Chapter 9 for further detail.