The Supreme Court's landmark decision in the Citizens United case (Citizens United v. FEC) has struck down key campaign finance laws and lifted certain restrictions on the types of expenditures and communications organizations can make related to elections.  There has been much debate over what the real impact of this decision will be in the 2010 elections and beyond, but what about the impact on advocacy?

Often, we think of advocacy on issues in the context of legislative action, but because issues are also central to elections, the campaigns are equally—if not more—important to issue outcomes.  One potential outcome of Citizens United is that organizations may be in a better position to mobilize constituents to hold candidates accountable on the …