Secret Money Floods Campaigns
February 12th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
Big Count of Small Gifts Is Opaque to the Public
By Josh Gerstein
New York Sun
The money is coming from hundreds of thousands of donations of $200 or less, which have been widely praised for democratizing the system for funding White House bids. However, the surge in low-dollar gifts has come at the cost of transparency, since federal law only requires campaigns to itemize donations when a donor gives more than $200.
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