“This year’s national election may be unlike any we’ve seen before, especially at the top of the ticket. But a disconcerting constant remains up and down the ballot: the influence of large sums of undisclosed money.
While media coverage tends to fixate on “Super PACs” and key actors on the national stage, a host of individuals and organizations of all political persuasions exert significant influence on our democracy at all levels – from local city council races to ballot measures. And they increasingly do so through secret or “dark” money moving through nonprofits and other vehicles.”
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