Of the $1.9 million spent this cycle by “outside groups” to affect Arizona elections, $565,000 – or about 30 percent – comes with no disclosure of the source of the money.
Read More »Nearly $500K in ‘dark money’ spent on Arizona 2016 legislative primary
With just one week until Arizona’s primary election, political spending to affect legislative races paid for by outside groups that don’t disclose the source of the money amounts to almost half a million dollars.
Read More »Anti-dark money referendum calls it quits
The organizer of a bid to quash a new state law easing rules on anonymous "dark money'' donations in political races has folded his tent.
Read More »FEC fines 3 dark money groups over cash from Arizona operative 
The Federal Election Commission levied nearly a quarter-million dollars’ worth of fines against three dark money groups for failing to report contributions from an organization run by Sean Noble after the Arizona political operative inadvertently disclosed the alleged violations in a 2014 interview.
Read More »Complaint with IRS highlights SB1516 ‘dark money’ enforcement issues 
A complaint filed with the Internal Revenue Service against a “dark money” group that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in the 2014 governor’s race appears to provide a stark example of the way new campaign finance laws could bar Arizona election officials from punishing a violation, even when it’s right in front of their faces.
Read More »This is why the courts exist
This is why the courts exist
Read More »Effort launches to block laws loosening rules for ‘dark money’
Arizonans could get the last word on whether to uphold or reject newly enacted campaign finance laws that would allow more “dark money” to flow into state elections.
Read More »Legislative maneuver could undermine dark money referendum 
A planned citizen referendum to reverse legislation that would make it easier to spend dark money in Arizona may be about to become twice as difficult.
Read More »Lawmakers eye removal of ‘kingmaker’ provision in campaign finance law 
The so-called “kingmaker” provision in a controversial campaign finance law that takes effect later this year may have to be downgraded to “princemaker” status, thanks to a proposed change being considered by lawmakers.
Read More »Under S1516, some candidates are more equal than others
Under S1516, some candidates are more equal than others
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