Recently, in a victory for transparency in elections, a D.C. District Court struck down a Federal Election Commission (FEC) rule that had allowed as much as $769 million in dark money to flow into our elections since the 2010 election cycle, according to a new Campaign Legal Center analysis.
As a result, groups that make independent expenditures now must report all donors who gave for the purpose of furthering those expenditures. At least a dozen groups subject to reporting under the law have reported independent expenditures since the court’s decision took effect, but only a handful have reported their donors.
Will the FEC begin to enforce the law—or will it continue to stand by as dark money flows into our elections?