[vette6387]

“More to the point, they have a common foe, if you will: the Koch brothers.”

The “Cock” Brothers are an anathema to all!

[vette6387]

“Goddard, a Democrat “

This is the concern here. And I would imagine he and his “group” would not want to “bother” the unions with the same amount of inspection.

[originalbuckeye]

I suspect, if they ever actually ‘out’ the donations, the Dems get most of the outside money. This is still, at least for now, a pink state. And most of the Dem voters here probably wouldn’t have the extra money to donate.

[null and void]

That be racs!!!

[repentant_pundit]

our right to know who's paying for it

Another fake "right".

Another stupidass expensive micromanaging government meddling liberal idea.

There's nothing wrong with donating money anonymously.

In a free country, you should be able to donate as much money as you want to any legal enterprise, and it's nobody's business except yours.

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[conservatism_IS_compassion]

a "right to know'' initiative that would guarantee in the state constitution that voters are entitled to know who is trying to sway their votes on who to elect for everything from statewide offices to school board members.

Anyone ever heard of The Federalist Papers? Contrary to popular opinion, they were not written by a person known as “Publius.” They were written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, and published under a pseudonym. If James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay had the right to publish anonymously and if the

Ninth Amendment:

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

has never been repealed, it follows that I have a constitutional right to publish anonymously.

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth —
anonymously and posthumously. — Thomas Sowell

[sparklite2]

Sure. If making donors identify, then pass voter ID laws at the same time.

[Svartalfiar]

Political donations should definitely be 100% disclosable. I would even say it wouldn’t be a bad idea to limit donations to your locality. IE City mayor can ONLY receive donations from individuals who live or work in that city, and companies that have a tax nexus in the city. Likewise for county level elections, state, etc. Politicians should only be able to pull $$ from the area they represent.