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Posted inCampaign Spending, Elections, News, Politics

True Disclosure Demands Full Accountability

By Edwin Bender, Executive Director of the National Institute on Money in State Politics (FollowTheMoney.org) With its Citizens United and McCutcheon decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court clearly articulated the value of disclosure and transparency to the health of our democracy. After all, transparency is the best disinfectant, to paraphrase Justice Louis Brandeis’ famous quote. Sadly, the type of […]