{"id":51328,"date":"2022-08-11T15:45:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T22:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=51328"},"modified":"2022-08-11T16:46:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T23:46:44","slug":"campaigns-can-bypass-spam-filters-fec-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=51328","title":{"rendered":"Campaigns can bypass spam filters, FEC says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Election Commission (FEC) voted Thursday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/28703147.20113\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wb2xpY3kvdGVjaG5vbG9neS8zNTk3NDk3LWdvb2dsZS1nZXRzLWZlYy1hcHByb3ZhbC10by1sZXQtY2FtcGFpZ24tZW1haWxzLWJ5cGFzcy1zcGFtLWZpbHRlcnMtYWZ0ZXItZ29wLWNyaXRpY2lzbS8_ZW1haWw9YjBiZWZiMmRhZmNlM2E4N2U3ZjEzNmJiMDY1NGRmMDUzZjg0NTNhYyZlbWFpbGE9MWEyNzU3ZTM1ODAwMWJhMjYzMThiMDJiODZmNDEzMTEmZW1haWxiPWMxYjU4OTFlYzgyZGUwOWRiY2Y5NzNhZDQ5NTQ2MDMyZWNlNzk1MGZiM2E3ZTdjYTg2ZGQ5Y2ZjY2FiZTY5Yjg\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aBa330743f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" 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expressed similar hesitation.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI don\u2019t want to [support this], and it\u2019s for the same reasons all the commenters don\u2019t want to, but I think the law and commissioner regulations and commission precedent permits this,\u201d Lindenbaum said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Election Commission (FEC) 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