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excerpt - “If approved, the state would amend its constitution to prevent corporate and anonymous spending in local politics.
Former Gov. Marc Racicot and former U.S. Sen. Jon Tester both attended the meeting to voice their support for the plan, saying corporate political spending is an issue that needs to be addressed.
"All this corporate money has done is create more division. It pulls people further to the left and further to the right, and that's not good for democracy," Tester said. "So what I would tell you is that Democrats probably don't like this, some of them. Republicans, probably some of them don't like this. But the truth is, voters deserve this to happen."
"I think it'll go a long way toward cleaning up the system," Racicot said. "There's still areas where we might need some improvement and some change over time, but this is a very, very prominent and very important first step forward."
To make the plan a reality, Mangan says he understands money will need to be raised and spent. However, while he says he doesn't know how much money they will need at this time, he plans to make the process of raising and spending money transparent.
“I want this to be transparent, even though under the current law, we can raise money and not provide transparency to what that money is and who’s giving money to the campaign or to the C4," Mangan said. "We’re going to make all that public, fully transparent."
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