Campaign Finance Offense and Defense: For Citizens and Progressive Groups
... Workshop taught by Jon Motl, Montana Commissioner of Political Practices from May 2013 to May 2017
... Helena attorney Jon Motl was Montana Commissioner of Political Practices from May 2013 to May 2017 and now specializes in campaign finance, elections, and political ethics in association with Bitterroot Law.
... Please RSVP to ORH member/October 17th event coordinator Mark Mackin Mark@montanapropertylaw.com, 227-5237, so we can estimate attendance size and set up an adequate amount of chairs.

An Our Revolution Helena Presentation.
7pm, Thursday, October 17th
at Plymouth Church (downstairs Fellowship Hall), 400 S.Oakes, corner of Winne and Oakes.

Workshop: How grass-roots non-profit associations, candidates, and politically active individuals can avoid credible campaign finance complaints. How to detect campaign finance violations, and file a complaint. What happens after you file a complaint or one is filed against you or your organization.
Motl will discuss the underlying politics of campaign finance and the Montana rules.
He will illustrate with examples from actual complaints.
Plan on one hour for the presentation, then time for questions and discussion.

Jon Motl

-- Profiles in Public Integrity: Jonathan Motl | (Former) Commissioner of Political Practices, Montana https://www.law.columbia.edu/public-integrity/our-work/profiles-public-integrity/profiles-public-integrity-jonathan-motl

-- Montana's Dark Money Detective Jonathan Motl. Jonathan Motl waged a fierce campaign against unaccountable election spending in the Big Sky state. His work carries lessons for other governments grappling with the same scourge. -- https://psmag.com/magazine/montanas-dark-money-detective-jonathan-motl-election-spending

-- Interview with Jon Motl, Past Political Practices Commissioner of Montana, Aug 13, 2019. Interview by Ken Winkes. Jon reveals what happened to Montana’s election laws. This story was made into a documentary by Kimberly Reed called Dark Money and includes footage of Jon as well as showing the effects of corporate money and influence in the American political system.

-- Our Revolution Helena (ORH) Inteview on HCTV: Dark Money with Director Kimberley Reed and Jonathan Motl -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwJViOMPHgM&t=753s. Jonathan Motl (Former Montana Commissioner of Political Practices) is featured in Kimberly Reed's documentary film Dark Money https://www.darkmoneyfilm.com/. Kim Reed's Dark Money, a political thriller, examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. The film takes viewers to Montana—a frontline in the fight to preserve fair elections nationwide—to follow an intrepid local journalist working to expose the real-life impacts of the US Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. Through this gripping story, Dark Money uncovers the shocking and vital truth of how American elections are bought and sold. This Sundance award-winning documentary is directed/produced by Kimberly Reed

-- Jon Motl: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Jonathan Motl