{"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\/pt\/press\/novo-projeto-de-lei-aumentaria-a-transparencia-sobre-quem-financia-as-questoes-eleitorais-de-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Novo projeto de lei aumentaria a transpar\u00eancia sobre quem financia as quest\u00f5es eleitorais em 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> A Lei de Transpar\u00eancia nos Gastos Eleitorais, patrocinada pelo Senador Sal DiDomenico e pelo Representante Estadual Dan Ryan, foi apresentada pela primeira vez nesta sess\u00e3o legislativa na C\u00e2mara e no Senado de Massachusetts como<a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/194\/H868\"> H.868<\/a> e Senado como <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/194\/S507\">S.507.<\/a> Esta legisla\u00e7\u00e3o aumentaria a transpar\u00eancia no processo de relat\u00f3rios sobre gastos de campanha em quest\u00f5es eleitorais estaduais. Atualmente, o cronograma de relat\u00f3rios sobre gastos com quest\u00f5es eleitorais inclui um per\u00edodo de oito meses &quot;n\u00e3o monitorado&quot;, durante o qual doa\u00e7\u00f5es e despesas n\u00e3o s\u00e3o reportadas, sendo publicadas apenas 60 dias antes da elei\u00e7\u00e3o. Esta legisla\u00e7\u00e3o fortaleceria a transpar\u00eancia das quest\u00f5es eleitorais, submetendo os fundos para quest\u00f5es eleitorais ao mesmo processo de relat\u00f3rios usado por todas as campanhas eleitorais estaduais e municipais. As campanhas eleitorais teriam que nomear um banco para apresentar relat\u00f3rios mensais em seu nome, eliminando assim o per\u00edodo &quot;n\u00e3o monitorado&quot;. &quot;Os eleitores de Massachusetts merecem saber, em tempo real, quem est\u00e1 financiando as quest\u00f5es eleitorais que impactar\u00e3o suas vidas&quot;, disse <b>Geoff Foster, Diretor Executivo da Common Cause Massachusetts. <\/b>\u201cA Lei de Transpar\u00eancia nos Gastos Eleitorais capacitar\u00e1 os eleitores com essas informa\u00e7\u00f5es valiosas, garantindo que os interesses especiais dos grandes investidores n\u00e3o passem despercebidos quando tentarem comprar suas pol\u00edticas preferidas.\u201d Nos \u00faltimos 10 anos, ou seis ciclos eleitorais, as campanhas eleitorais de Massachusetts receberam mais de <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1_uZ6_Idr3UMj9dSzZJHBmUOHbH6HJQSxx5S0HgDX4KU\/edit?usp=sharing\">$340 milh\u00f5es para uma m\u00e9dia de $57 milh\u00f5es a cada ciclo eleitoral.<\/a> Dessas contribui\u00e7\u00f5es, 36%, ou $123 milh\u00f5es, foram recebidas durante o per\u00edodo n\u00e3o monitorado de oito meses. De acordo com a lei atual, Massachusetts n\u00e3o tem limite para o valor que grupos de interesses especiais ricos, \u00e0s vezes de fora do estado, podem gastar em quest\u00f5es eleitorais. Massachusetts consistentemente <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ballot_measure_campaign_finance,_2024\">est\u00e1 entre os estados que arrecadam maiores quantias em d\u00f3lares para quest\u00f5es eleitorais<\/a>, e o estado gasta mais do que a m\u00e9dia nacional em campanhas de perguntas eleitorais. \u201cAs perguntas eleitorais s\u00e3o uma \u00f3tima ferramenta para empoderar o p\u00fablico a votar diretamente em pol\u00edticas estaduais, mas \u00e9 de vital import\u00e2ncia que nossos eleitores saibam quais pessoas e organiza\u00e7\u00f5es est\u00e3o financiando essas propostas pol\u00edticas\u201d, disse <b>Senador Sal DiDomenico.<\/b> &quot;Tenho orgulho de apresentar esta legisla\u00e7\u00e3o que fechar\u00e1 uma lacuna em nossa lei de financiamento de campanha e garantir\u00e1 que nossos moradores tenham todas as informa\u00e7\u00f5es necess\u00e1rias para tomar uma decis\u00e3o informada ao votar em uma quest\u00e3o eleitoral.&quot; Com tanto dinheiro entrando em quest\u00f5es eleitorais estaduais, esta legisla\u00e7\u00e3o tomar\u00e1 medidas muito necess\u00e1rias para garantir maior transpar\u00eancia com as contribui\u00e7\u00f5es e despesas de campanha eleitoral que tentam influenciar 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) - 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