Coloradans for a Better Future v. Campaign Integrity Watchdog

Citations

• 2018 CO 6
• 409 P.3d 350

Syllabus

Election Law—Disclosure. A lawyer filed a report for Coloradans for a Better Future (Better Future), a political organization, without charging a fee. The Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals' determination that Better Future was required to report the donated legal service as a \contribution\ under Colorado's campaign-finance laws. The constitutional definition of \contribution\ does not address political organizations, and neither part of the statutory definition relied on by the Court of Appeals covers legal services donated to political organizations. CRS § 1-45-103(6)(b) does not apply to political organizations, and the word \gift\ in CRS § 1-45-103(6)(c)(I) does not include gifts of service.