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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 ...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled in 2011 on a state law that made it illegal to transport or provide public benefits to immigrants in the U.S. without legal permission.
Anti-"dark money" advertisement in April 2015 in the Union Station stop of the Washington Metro.The image was part of a comic book-themed campaign sponsored by three groups—AVAAZ, the Corporate Reform Coalition, and Public Citizen—aimed at pressuring Securities and Exchange Commission chairwoman Mary Jo White to rein in dark money.
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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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]
Unlike Arizona, Ohio has done nothing to require dark money to be disclosed − even after its prominent scandal. Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court decided Citizens United, then-state Sen. Jon ...
Jane Meredith Mayer [2] (born 1955) [3] [4] is an American investigative journalist who has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1995. [1] She has written for the publication about money in politics; government prosecution of whistleblowers; the United States Predator drone program; Donald Trump's ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz; [5] and Trump's financial backer, Robert Mercer. [6]