California Judge Leaves Door Open For Outing Of Dark Money Donors | Talking Points Memo

A recent eight-figure donation from a dark money group in Arizona has sparked a legal battle in California over just how secret is too secret when it comes to political contributions in the post-Citizens United era.California’s campaign finance watchdog is seeking records from the Arizona group, Americans for Responsible Leadership (ARL) to make sure that the group complied with state disclosure laws when it contributed $11 million earlier this month to the Small Business Action Committee PAC (SBAC). The SBAC is opposing California’s Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax-hike initiative, and supporting Proposition 32, which would prohibit labor unions’ from raising political money from payroll deductions.


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