{"id":2027,"date":"2025-06-10T12:06:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T16:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/?post_type=press&#038;p=2027"},"modified":"2025-06-10T12:06:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T16:06:31","slug":"new-bill-would-increase-transparency-around-whos-funding-massachusetts-ballot-questions","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/es\/press\/un-nuevo-proyecto-de-ley-aumentaria-la-transparencia-sobre-quien-financia-las-preguntas-electorales-de-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Un nuevo proyecto de ley aumentar\u00eda la transparencia sobre qui\u00e9n financia las elecciones de Massachusetts"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2027","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The Ballot Spending Transparency Act would empower voters by requiring monthly reports on ballot question spending ","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":"","related_issues":[92,464],"related_work":false,"location":24},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<b>Boston, Massachusetts \u2013<\/b> La Ley de Transparencia del Gasto Electoral, patrocinada por el Senador Sal DiDomenico y el Representante Estatal Dan Ryan, fue presentada por primera vez en esta sesi\u00f3n legislativa tanto en la C\u00e1mara de Representantes como en el Senado de Massachusetts.<a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/194\/H868\"> H.868<\/a> y el Senado como <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/194\/S507\">S.507.<\/a> Esta legislaci\u00f3n aumentar\u00eda la transparencia en el proceso de reporte de gastos de campa\u00f1a para las consultas electorales estatales. Actualmente, el calendario de reporte de gastos para las consultas electorales incluye un per\u00edodo de ocho meses sin supervisi\u00f3n, durante el cual las donaciones y los gastos no se reportan, y solo se publican 60 d\u00edas antes de la elecci\u00f3n. Esta legislaci\u00f3n fortalecer\u00eda la transparencia de las consultas electorales al someter los fondos destinados a estas consultas al mismo proceso de reporte utilizado para todas las campa\u00f1as de funcionarios electos estatales y del condado. Las campa\u00f1as electorales tendr\u00edan que designar una entidad financiera para que presente informes mensuales en su nombre, eliminando as\u00ed el per\u00edodo sin supervisi\u00f3n. \u00abLos votantes de Massachusetts merecen saber, en tiempo real, qui\u00e9n financia las consultas electorales que impactar\u00e1n sus vidas\u00bb, afirm\u00f3 un portavoz. <b>Geoff Foster, Director Ejecutivo de Common Cause Massachusetts. <\/b>\u201cLa Ley de Transparencia en el Gasto Electoral empoderar\u00e1 a los votantes con esta valiosa informaci\u00f3n, garantizando que los intereses especiales con grandes recursos econ\u00f3micos no puedan pasar desapercibidos cuando intenten comprar las pol\u00edticas que prefieren\u201d. En los \u00faltimos 10 a\u00f1os, o seis ciclos electorales, las campa\u00f1as electorales de Massachusetts han recibido m\u00e1s de <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1_uZ6_Idr3UMj9dSzZJHBmUOHbH6HJQSxx5S0HgDX4KU\/edit?usp=sharing\">$340 millones para un promedio de $57 millones cada ciclo electoral.<\/a> De esas contribuciones, 361 TP3T, o $123 millones, se recibieron durante el per\u00edodo de ocho meses sin supervisi\u00f3n. Seg\u00fan la ley vigente, Massachusetts no tiene l\u00edmite sobre la cantidad de dinero que los grupos de inter\u00e9s adinerados, a veces de fuera del estado, pueden gastar en consultas electorales. Massachusetts sistem\u00e1ticamente <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ballot_measure_campaign_finance,_2024\">se encuentra entre los estados que recaudan mayores cantidades de d\u00f3lares para las preguntas electorales<\/a>El estado gasta m\u00e1s que el promedio nacional en campa\u00f1as de consultas electorales. \u00abLas consultas electorales son una excelente herramienta para empoderar al p\u00fablico y permitirle votar directamente sobre las pol\u00edticas estatales, pero es fundamental que nuestros votantes sepan qu\u00e9 personas y organizaciones financian estas propuestas pol\u00edticas\u00bb, afirm\u00f3. <b>Senador Sal DiDomenico.<\/b> Me enorgullece presentar este proyecto de ley que subsanar\u00e1 una deficiencia en nuestra ley de financiaci\u00f3n de campa\u00f1as y garantizar\u00e1 que nuestros residentes tengan toda la informaci\u00f3n necesaria para tomar una decisi\u00f3n informada al votar en las elecciones estatales. Ante la gran cantidad de dinero que se destina a las consultas electorales estatales, esta ley dar\u00e1 pasos cruciales para garantizar una mayor transparencia en las contribuciones y los gastos de las campa\u00f1as electorales que buscan influir en las pol\u00edticas p\u00fablicas.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Bill Would Increase Transparency Around Who\u2019s Funding Massachusetts Ballot Questions - Common Cause Massachusetts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/es\/press\/un-nuevo-proyecto-de-ley-aumentaria-la-transparencia-sobre-quien-financia-las-preguntas-electorales-de-massachusetts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Bill Would Increase Transparency Around Who\u2019s Funding Massachusetts Ballot Questions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ballot Spending Transparency Act would empower voters by requiring monthly reports on ballot question spending.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/es\/press\/un-nuevo-proyecto-de-ley-aumentaria-la-transparencia-sobre-quien-financia-las-preguntas-electorales-de-massachusetts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Massachusetts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2186570178.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press\/new-bill-would-increase-transparency-around-whos-funding-massachusetts-ballot-questions\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press\/new-bill-would-increase-transparency-around-whos-funding-massachusetts-ballot-questions\/\",\"name\":\"New Bill Would Increase Transparency Around Who\u2019s Funding Massachusetts Ballot Questions - 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