Karen Sebold, assistant professor of political science, published “Assessing Campaign Finance Oversight: An Evaluation of the Federal Election Commission” in September through publisher Lexington Books.
In this book, Sebold discusses changes in campaign finance laws, FEC funding shortfalls, untimely commissioner appointments, and how these factors affected campaign finance law enforcement from 2002 to 2020. is exploring.
This book discusses these topics to understand why the FEC has such a bad reputation and why the commission has a hard time holding campaign finance violators accountable.
“The Federal Election Commission (FEC), the primary agency that enforces campaign finance laws in the United States, has long been portrayed as a toothless tiger. Given its importance, characterizing the FEC as ineffective is problematic for regulators,” Seibold writes in the book’s summary. “Furthermore, the vacancy of the commission seat has led to partisan discord. A balance has emerged that favors the Republicans and allows them to dominate policy decisions. Now, the consequences of alleged wrongdoing are increasingly ending in nonperformance.” It’s a bipartisan agreement. ”
For Sebold, there is no better time to share her research than now, with many Arkansans actively voting in the 2024 presidential election. If you want to know where you can vote, visit the polling place resources on the state elections website.
About Karen Sebold: Sebold (Rogers State University 2005, Arkansas M.A. 2008, University of Arkansas Ph.D. 2013) is an assistant professor of political science at the U of A. Her book “Evaluating Campaign Finance Oversight: An” Federal Election Commission assessment was released in 2024. She has published several articles and books in various research areas: International Organizations, Political Americane, PS: Political Science, and White House Studies. She has been teaching in the Department of Political Science at the Australian University since 2011.
