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Dark Money and Voter Learning


Visually Speaking - FollowTheMoney.org

Visually Speaking Take a look at how others explain political campaigns, law-making, and money in politics.

Putting “Dark Money” In Context: Total Campaign Spending by ...

If that were so, only politicians, parties, and PACs would have a voice in election campaigns. In addition to political committees, nonprofit groups are ...

How 'Dark Money' Distorts the Political Process

Eric Orts, Wharton professor of legal studies and business ethics, noted the two sides to the debate on disclosure of political contributions.

Dark Money: Outing Donors State by State

The Supreme Court, in its rulings, has openly invited Congress and the American people to declare war on secret money in political campaigns.

Black Voters Matter

Our goal is to increase power in marginalized, predominantly Black communities. We believe that effective voting allows a community to determine its own ...

U.S. Election Assistance Commission: Home

Poll Workers Helping Americans Vote Campaign & Toolkit. Election officials are invited to utilize the toolkit and participate by sending group poll worker ...

arXiv:2010.01730v4 [cs.CY] 26 Jan 2024

Because accountability in the political arena comes through both donor disclosure and advertiser permanence, we expect that ads from ...

Making independent expenditures - FEC

Making independent expenditures. Individuals, groups, corporations, labor organizations and political committees (including separate segregated funds (SSFs), ...

Dark Money and the Courts: The Right Wing Takeover of the Judiciary

Read the article to learn how the Federalist Society's Leonard Leo orchestrates these millions to get judges confirmed. In Trump, Leo saw someone to help ...

What Is Dark Money? 5 Questions Answered | Columbia Law School

Richard Briffault, Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation, explains political disclosure laws, how donors get around them, and what ...

NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission - Home

The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) is dedicated to administering The New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act ...

Dark Money's Dark Magic - The [F]law

By routing this money through Schwab Charitable Fund, Leo and Seid further obscured their impact from the public eye. While donors have ...

Campaign Finance Reform: A Pathway to Peaceful Elections

by Padmini Das This essay was selected for publication as part of the War Prevention Initiative's Essay Un-contest on Peaceful Elections.

The Dark Money Kingpin Behind Election-Day Chaos - The Lever

Through dubious lawsuits, conspiracy theories, and voter intimidation efforts, conservative power player Leonard Leo helped lay the ...

What is 'dark money' political spending, and how does it affect US ...

Donors often try to conceal their involvement in politics, and campaigns try to hide what they spend their money on.

Annual Review of Political Science

Abstract. The impact of money on politics—whether through campaign finance, lobbying, or independent expenditure—raises key normative questions about ...

The Dark Money Defunding Rural Schools - Barn Raiser

Billionaires are funding parents' rights groups like Moms for Liberty in order to privatize public education. Rural communities are fighting ...

How Money Influences Elections | RepresentUs

Nearly 94% of House candidates and 82% of Senate candidates that outspent their opponents won their elections. In 2020, over $14 billion was spent on all ...

Take Action: Root Out Dark Money | League of Women Voters

Corporations and wealthy individuals should not have the power to make undisclosed political contributions that influence elections. Disclosure of large ...

Dark money - (Intro to Political Communications) - Fiveable

Dark money refers to political spending by nonprofit organizations that are not required to disclose their donors. This type of funding often influences ...