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California blesses political donors’ strategy to multiply their influence
Cal Matters ^ | 1/31/2025 | Alexei Koseff

Posted on 02/01/2025 12:32:25 PM PST by cuz1961

...After more than two years, California’s political ethics watchdog has closed its investigation into a controversial campaign donor network, concluding that the group followed legal advice from the state and therefore did not violate contribution limits.

The decision clears the way for a bold new approach to raising and spending money in California elections. Political committees now have state regulators’ blessing to create an unlimited number of affiliated committees with different leaders, and then closely coordinate fundraising and candidate donations among them. That could exponentially increase their influence on campaigns...

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(Excerpt) Read more at calmatters.org ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 0001cheating; funding

1 posted on 02/01/2025 12:32:25 PM PST by cuz1961
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To: cuz1961

I understand the issue even less after reading the article.


2 posted on 02/01/2025 12:38:55 PM PST by johniegrad
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To: johniegrad

I a multi billionaire. I found a PAC to elect rabid environmentalists

Now, thanks to the corrupt CA state government ruling here;
I can now form an unlimited number of such PACS as long as I have different leaders for each one


3 posted on 02/01/2025 12:41:19 PM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: cuz1961

... because there isn’t enough money yet in California politics, and because billionaires don’t already have enough influence there.


4 posted on 02/01/2025 12:41:56 PM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: MNJohnnie
i see you get the grift of it.......er.... gist of it.

was It act blue that just recently got revealed for making donations in other peoples names to avoid contribution limits per ? at any rate , just one more tool in their - steal the election _ tool bag they've been adding to since the union army mail in vote fraud of 1864.

5 posted on 02/01/2025 1:28:24 PM PST by cuz1961
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

6 posted on 02/01/2025 9:02:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Exactly, with each one giving up to the “limit” to radical causes, thus bypassing the limit.


7 posted on 02/02/2025 6:47:29 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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