By Dustin Gardiner | The Republic
It took two years longer and cost more than anticipated, but Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan this month finally unveiled the beta version of her long-awaited political spending website.
The site, dubbed See The Money, (photo) is designed to help the public track money in political campaigns. It currently has information for statewide and legislative candidates since 2013, but Reagan hopes it will eventually include finances for city, county and local races.
Reagan has touted the website as a way to bring greater transparency to campaign funding, especially as the influence of so-called “dark money” grows.
She said voters will be “blown away” by the site’s features. While campaign finance information already is online, the site allows users to display and group spending data in new ways.
