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Source: The dark money group Protect Our Freedoms LLC said in a campaign mailer that Ryan Walters “schemed to illegally send your taxpayer dollars to private religious schools. Thankfully, our ...
Shadow campaigns (or dark money) refers to spending meant to influence political outcomes where the source of the money is not publicly disclosed or is difficult to trace. [1] United States campaign finance law has been regulated by the Federal Election Commission since its creation in the wake of the Watergate Scandal in 1975, and in the years ...
According to OpenSecrets, dark money (which it defined as funds from outside groups that did not publicly disclose donors or those they substantially funded) accounted for nearly 44% of outside spending in the 2010 election cycle. [17] It was estimated that dark money accounted for around $127 million for this cycle. [18]
The bill would amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for greater and faster public disclosure of campaign spending and to combat the use of "dark money" in U.S. elections (which increased from $69 million in 2008 to $310 million in 2012). [5] The 2023 version of the DISCLOSE Act bill: [6]
For the 2020 election cycle, dark money spending on pro-Republican and anti-Democrat expenditures and communications has reached $21.5 million, according to data obtained by Open Secrets.
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Those in support of California, including Democratic Senators, argued that upholding the Ninth Circuit decision was necessary to prevent the increased use of political "dark money" donated through non-profits. The Court certified both cases in January 2021, consolidating them under Americans for Prosperity's petition.
Akron-based FirstEnergy, the company at the center of Ohio's scandal, described dark money groups as their "preferred manner of giving" in records because "they are not required to disclose where ...