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Campaign Finance Reform

LWVUS joined a coalition of groups calling calls on presidential candidates to reveal their campaign “bundlers.” This letter follows up on a similar letter sent by this cross-partisan coalition in October. The letter was sent to all Democratic and Republican candidates as well as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 

The League joined Issue One and other coalition partners on a letter sent to all presidential candidates encouraging them to publicly disclose information about campaign bundlers on a regular basis during the 2024 presidential election. 

This story was originally published in The Hastings Tribune.

Massive infusions of money, sometimes of unknown origin, into Nebraska’s political process is a topic of major importance confronting the state today.

That’s the assessment of Kate High, the speaker at Friday’s meeting of the League of Women Voters of Hastings.

“Dark money” has driven itself into Nebraska’s political climate, and the League of Women Voters discussed its impact on the state and its electorate.

The League of Women Voters joined about 80 other organizations to urge the Biden Administration to issue an executive order requiring federal contractors to disclose their political spending, including spending by their subsidiaries and affiliated organizations. 

The Senate Rules and Administration Committee held a hearing on the DISCLOSE Act and invited the League to testify 

The League of Women Voters joined about 70 other organizations in urging the US Senate to actively support the DISCLOSE Act, pass it, and move it to President Biden’s desk. 

Dark money and special interests do not need extra loopholes to undermine democracy. The League is committed to protecting our disclosure laws and preserving the ethics and accountability of our electoral system. 

On May 11, the For the People Act will enter a process called "markup." As we celebrate this progress and work towards passage, it is important to understand the markup process and potential outcomes.  

Voters have an interest in knowing where politicians and organizations are getting their money and how that money is being spent. To that end, dark-money and wealthy special interest groups do not need more loopholes.

The League of Women Voters of California, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), and Common Cause submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra.