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Colorado appeals court upholds fine, requirement for ‘dark money’ group to disclose spending
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday agreed a group that spent $4 million backing conservative causes on the ballot in 2020 is required to disclose its contributions and spending, and pay a $40,000 fine for failing to register as an advocacy group. A trial judge previously believed Unite for Colorado, which spent roughly $17 million during…
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Colorado appeals court upholds fine, requirement for ‘dark money’ group to disclose spending
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday agreed a group that spent $4 million backing conservative causes on the ballot in 2020 is required to disclose its contributions and spending, and pay a $40,000 fine for failing to register as an advocacy group. A trial judge previously believed Unite for Colorado, which spent roughly $17 million during…
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Colorado appeals court upholds fine, requirement for ‘dark money’ group to disclose spending
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday agreed a group that spent $4 million backing conservative causes on the ballot in 2020 is required to disclose its contributions and spending, and pay a $40,000 fine for failing to register as an advocacy group. A trial judge previously believed Unite for Colorado, which spent roughly $17 million during…
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‘Dark money’ group Sixteen Thirty Fund latest target in campaign finance complaints
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A “dark money” group that put tens of millions of dollars behind Democratic candidates and progressive causes became the latest target of a campaign finance complaint, the most recent in a volley of partisan carping over which side’s secretly funded groups must show the public who is financially supporting them. The newest complaint goes after…
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Former state Senate GOP staffer files campaign finance complaint against North Fund
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The North Fund, a liberal dark money group that has contributed millions of dollars to ballot measure campaigns, is facing a campaign finance complaint filed by the former policy director for the Colorado Senate GOP. The complaint from Charles Heatherly alleges the North Fund should have registered as an issue committee, tied to its spending on 2019…
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‘Dark Money’: How a Coloradan blew the whistle on campaign corruption
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A meth bust. A stolen car with secret documents. A shy young woman who finds herself in political peril. All of the elements you’d want for a good political thriller – yet this isn’t fiction. And this tangled tale has a Colorado connection. The documentary Dark Money is part thriller and part exposé on illegal…
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Independents uneasy about taking cash, even from Denver-based indie group
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AUGUSTA, Maine – Hoping to capitalize on voter frustration over growing polarization in politics, a group fueled partly by what critics call “dark money” plans to spend $3 million this year to support and elect independents. But some free-spirited lawmakers are declining their help. Unite America, formerly known as the Centrist Project, is endorsing and…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Bullock tells Montana contractors to report ‘dark money’
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Montana Bullock tells Montana contractors to report ‘dark money’ spending HELENA, Montana – Montana Gov. Steve Bullock signed a first-of-its-kind executive order last week to require many state government contractors to report their political contributions, even those to so-called “dark money” groups that don’t have to disclose donors under federal law. Bullock said the measure…
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Democrat Jason Crow unveils campaign reform package, challenges Coffman to reject ‘dark money’
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Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow on Tuesday released a set of proposals to “end the corrupting influence of big money in politics” and called on U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, the Republican incumbent, to join him in a pledge to keep undisclosed “dark money” spending out of the race for the suburban swing seat. “We don’t…
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Spending by outside groups alone for Colorado school board races exceeds $2 million
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Outside groups trying to sway voters with mailers, phone calls and yard signs on the Colorado’s two most controversial school board elections have now spent more than $2 million, with more than $1 million spent in a little more than two weeks in October. The spending has strongly favored pro-charter candidates in the races for…
