Campaign Spending

American Prospect | Can States Stop the Corporate Domination of our Politics?

If business corporations and nonprofit corporations are destroying our democracy through a bunch of unregulated, undisclosed spending, we have the authority

A More Constructive Conversation About Local Levies and I-194, The Montana Plan

The distinction is straightforward: organizations may educate the public about public issues and community needs, but they may not use corporate treasury funds to tell voters how to vote on a particular ballot measure once it is before them

Issue One | Top super PACS raise Millions from Secret Donors

Anti-corruption guardrails don’t work when voters are kept in the dark about who’s bankrolling political ads.

Orlando Sentinel: Corporations Spend Big in Florida Politics

The state of Montana is betting it can, with an oddly simple, yet startlingly robust solution.

KTVQ Q2 | Former Montana leaders speak at Billings forum on limiting corporate election spending

Nearly 800 filled the Lincoln Auditorium on Saturday to hear about The Montana Plan

The Cryptonomist | How crypto donations are reshaping US midterm election funding

The debate has already inspired questions about transparency, coordination, and how closely super PAC messaging aligns with the priorities of major digital asset backers

Wisconsin Governor's Race Sets Fundraising Records

Brennan Center | Record High Dark Money in 2024

This analysis offers the first comprehensive accounting of dark money in the most recent federal election cycle. It combines publicly available FEC data with data on otherwise undisclosed television spending from the Wesleyan Media Project

Brennan Center | Reform Money in Politics

PEW Research | 72% of US Adults Favor Limited Election Spending and other data

Support for spending limits crosses ideological and demographic lines. Across all groups, by margins of at least three-to-one, more people say there should be limits than say there should not