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In Final Week, Outlaw Dirty Money Needs Arizona Voters to Visit Petition-Signing Locations to Cross Finish Line for Ballot Qualification

Constitutional Amendment Would Reveal True Sources of Funding to Dark Money Groups in State Elections June 27, 2018—The Outlaw Dirty Money Initiative, which would give Arizonans a constitutional right to know the sources of money being spent in their elections, is entering its final week of signature gathering. The campaign needs to meet a threshold…

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New Transparency Standard for Political Spending Released in California

Voters’ Right to Know Releases Six General Principles of Effective Transparency Policy to Ensure Californians Can Know the True Sources of Money Behind Political Messages San Francisco, CA – May 24, 2018—The Voters’ Right to Know Project (VRTK), a nonpartisan effort to advance state-level policy surrounding the transparency of political spending, released its Transparency Standard…

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Voters’ Right to Know Endorses ‘Outlaw Dirty Money’ Constitutional Amendment

Measure Would Lift the Veil of Secrecy Protecting Dark Money Group Spending in Arizona State and Local Elections May 16, 2018—Today, the Voters’ Right to Know Project, a nonpartisan effort to advance effective state-level policy surrounding the transparency of political spending, endorsed Arizona’s Outlaw Dirty Money constitutional amendment. The proposed amendment would give the people of Arizona…

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SF Chronicle: Politicians rip Facebook, but they’re not deleting their accounts

By Joe Garofoli Politicians love having a villain to target — it’s an easy way to score points. But only when it serves their purposes. Today’s villain: Facebook. The advantage to politicians in flogging Facebook: By ranting about how the social media platform violated the privacy of potentially 50 million users through the Cambridge Analytica…

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