As the Nov. 8 midterm election draws near, a campaign finance expert warns that “dark money is a growing issue” in America’s elections.
According to former prosecutor, campaign finance expert and Save Democracy in America founder Dan McMillan J.D., Ph.D., “dark money is a growing issue” in America’s elections. Dark money refers to campaign contributions whose sources are not disclosed. While expenditures such as pricey campaign ads attacking an opponent may be reported to the FEC, the identities of the people, firms, and activist organizations that pay for those ads are often hidden.
“Dark money is spent to influence our elections but we have no idea who the donor is,” McMillan, author of “Get Money out of Politics. The Time is Now,” told The Epoch Times. “It’s bad enough that our government has been for sale to high-dollar campaign donors for decades but now we don’t even get to know who is behind a particular politician or political party.”…