By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via Arizona Capitol Times
Arizonans may get a chance to decide whether they want to find out who is trying to influence their elections.
Backers of a constitutional amendment to mandate disclosure of donors submitted more than 285,000 signatures Thursday to put the issue to voters. That’s only about 25,000 more than need to be found valid to have the constitutional amendment on the Nov. 6 ballot.
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But campaign organizer and former Attorney General Terry Goddard said he’s convinced that the error rate will be low enough to meet the goal.
If he succeeds, the campaign is likely to have stiff opposition from business groups and others who now put money into political races knowing that Arizona law allows them to shield the names of their donors from public scrutiny.
All that would change if the measure becomes law.
