The majority report also acknowledges that another major question that grew out of the election was left unanswered: whether a big increase in "issue advocacy" advertising by nonprofit groups was an improper attempt to influence the outcome of elections, and whether the groups' "independent expenditures" were truly independent of the campaigns they benefited.
Through excellence in advocacy, extensive and respectable advertising, and substantial charitable giving of time and money, each has earned highly favorable name recognition throughout the state.