Disclosure & Transparency

Pam Wilmot, executive director of Common Cause of Massachusetts, said any spending on behalf or in opposition to a political candidate should be disclosed to the public.

“Transparency is really how we hold our government accountable, and it’s really most important to know how our money is being spent, and how the government laws are applied to individuals.”

Check out the new Common Cause Massachusetts Report - Shining a Light: Success of the Massachusetts Disclosure Law

Common Cause Massachusetts Statement on House Passage of H.543 on 6/22/16, and release of new report on the success of the 2014 Massachusetts Disclosure Law.

The Massachusetts state legislature has returned for 2016, and these are three issues Common Cause is working to get action on.

Press Release from Common Cause MA upon the event of April 2nd, 2015 rally for campaign finance reform and petition to President Obama for executive order on disclosure of political spending by federal contractors.