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ARIZONA CAPITOL TIMES
CONTRIBUTING ARTICLE

BY BEN GILES

Group seeking ‘dark money’ ban gets bipartisan

support, help from education volunteers

Giles

A group trying to ban anonymous campaign contributions
in Arizona elections is counting on a recent groundswell of “The primary opponent for SOS has been the
volunteer signature-gathering to get its proposal on the ballot dark money national special interest groups.
in 2018. It’s Americans for Prosperity who are working
Outlaw Dirty Money, a campaign led by former Attorney
General Terry Goddard, wants to let Arizonans vote on a with the American Federation for Children who
constitutional amendment to ban “dark money,” the term given sue us to try and keep our accomplishment off
to campaign dollars spent by groups that don’t disclose the the ballot. So a lot of our volunteer network
source of their money.
In the 2014 election, dark money spending in Arizona really sees a clear connection between what
exceeded $900,000 in races for the state Senate and House of we’re trying to do and what Attorney
Representatives alone. Gov. Doug Ducey bene tted from $3.5 General Goddard is trying to do.”
million in anonymous contributions that election cycle.
— Dawn Penich-Thacker, spokeswoman for SOS Arizona
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