So far this year, lawmakers in at least 18 states, including Arizona, have introduced legislation to change the amount of money people can give politicians
By Ashley Balcerzak | Center for Public Inegrity
There’s almost zero chance Congress will this year seriously consider a single bill aimed at reforming the nation’s weakened money-in-politics laws.
Going local is a different story: State lawmakers this year are engaging in full-throated debate on campaign finance proposals — with some surprising outcomes.
New Mexico’s secretary of state may have found a way to enact rules that the governor vetoed months before.
The South Dakota legislature voided a ballot measure citizens passed — and banned it from being considered again.
And the governor of Montana vetoed an attempt to raise giving limits to candidates, triggering a court battle. In these three states and others, ideologically-driven groups are hammering away at laws to loosen restrictions on campaign money, in order, they say, to protect Americans’ freedom of speech.
