Eighty-three percent of voters across partisan and demographic lines support publicly disclosing political contributions to organizations, regardless of the size of the contribution. Voters across the political spectrum consistently rate “corruption in the political system” as one of the top three problems facing our country today. Voters want real transparency about who is spending big money on elections for more government accountability, less influence for wealthy special interests, and less political corruption.

Increasing Transparency: A Voter’s Right to Know

To reduce political corruption, we need real transparency about who is spending big money on elections so that politicians can no longer receive unlimited, secret money from wealthy special interests to support their campaigns.

• Voters have a right to know which wealthy special interests are spending big money to secretly influence our vote and our government to rig the political system in their favor.
• Unlimited, secret money from wealthy special interests prevents us from making progress on key issues like healthcare and a fairer tax system. We need real transparency about who is spending big money on elections to help everyday people like you.
• Wealthy special interests use unlimited, secret money to rig the political system in their favor. We need real transparency about who is spending big money on elections to reduce the influence of wealthy special interests.
• Wealthy special interests often run election ads that are deliberately misleading. Voters need to know who is funding these ads so they can weigh their credibility and cast an informed vote.
• Real transparency about who is spending big money on elections will mean more government accountability, less influence for wealthy special interests, and less political corruption.