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Maine Voices: Maine Senators' Rejection of Disclose Act Helps Keep Voters in the Dark
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Good-Government Groups Call [CA] Proposition 32 Deceptive
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Blog
What can we do about secret money in elections?
| Elisabeth MacNamaraEditorial note: This op-ed was first published on my Huffington Post blog earlier this morning.
Twice this week, the U.S. Senate refused to allow full debate on the DISCLOSE Act, which would require complete disclosure of spending on big-money advertising in candidate elections. Huge sums of secret money are flooding into our elections and without full disclosure the voters won't know who is trying to buy influence.
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Press Release
SENATE REFUSES TO DEBATE DISCLOSE ACT
| KellyVoters deserve to know origins of secret money in elections
Washington, DC (July 17, 2012) – Twice this week, the U.S. Senate refused to allow full debate on the DISCLOSE Act, which would require complete disclosure of spending on big-money advertising in candidate elections. Twice, the Senate failed to invoke cloture, the procedural motion that requires 60 votes before the Senate can even consider legislation.
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Tell Us Where the Money Comes from
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Flood of secret money
| Elisabeth MacNamaraVoters beware. There is a flood of secret money headed into towns all across America and it looks like there is nothing to stop it from drowning out your voices this fall. But our elected officials can do something to help. They can support full disclosure and tell us where this money is coming from. They can give voters the information they need to cast a vote.
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Citizens United decision two years later
| Elisabeth MacNamaraThe U.S. Supreme Court issues many opinions each year and it is safe to say they all greatly impact the lives of Americans in some way. The Supreme Court’s opinion two years ago in Citizens United v. FEC is by all accounts one that has dramatically changed the landscape of modern political campaigns in America.
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Put SuperPACS out of Business
| KellyHow can you fight back against the big money pouring into the political campaigns this year? Sign the petition on The White House website* urging President Obama to appoint new commissioners to the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
