{"id":431,"date":"2018-03-14T02:13:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T02:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/work\/disclosure-and-transparency\/"},"modified":"2024-08-05T17:45:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T21:45:28","slug":"disclosure-and-transparency","status":"publish","type":"work","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/work\/disclosure-and-transparency\/","title":{"rendered":"Disclosure and Transparency"},"template":"","class_list":["post-431","work","type-work","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Disclosure in campaign finance is key to a healthy, strong, and fair democracy.","featured_image":6070,"work_type":false,"related_issues":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":"

Americans across the political spectrum support strong disclosure laws.<\/h2>\r\nThese vital regulations allow voters to know who is funneling secret money into political groups and campaigns. Disclosure is a common-sense, bipartisan solution that stops backroom deals and ensures everyone knows when money is changing hands.\r\n\r\nIn the wake of the Supreme Court's 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. FEC<\/em>, corporations, independent political organizations, and individuals can secretly influence the outcome of our elections by evading state disclosure laws for spending in elections. Inadequate disclosure of political spending makes it more difficult for voters to make informed decisions, increases opportunities for corruption, and limits shareholders' and customers' ability to hold corporations accountable.\r\n\r\nAccording to reports<\/a> from the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, donors for some 94% of outside money in the 2010 Massachusetts elections were not publicly disclosed. This is unacceptable for a working democracy and is why we fought to pass the Massachusetts Disclosure Act in 2014.\r\n\r\nOne of the strongest disclosure laws in the country, this regulation requires real-time transparency about who is funding SuperPACs in our Commonwealth's elections. Key provisions include:\r\n