Associated Press: Even As Political Spending Explodes, Disclosure Remains Hazy (In the News)

March 15, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh
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Mary Spicuzza and Jeremy B. White

When Wisconsin lawmakers passed a measure that formalized the provisions of the state Supreme Court ruling that allowed coordination, they also ended the requirement that donors to candidates provide information about their employers.

Smith applauded Wisconsin’s new law, and said he hopes to see further limits to disclosure, such as raising the threshold for when donors need to be made public at all.

“People don’t really care about the associate who gives $500. They care about the millionaire,” he said. “At least we could raise the (disclosure) limit to $2,000.”

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