Five things you need to know about gray money

Since the 2010 Citizens United ruling, we've heard about Super PACs able to spend unlimited amounts on our elections while obscuring the sources of the cash. Now, their tactics are getting even more creative.

Sarah Friedman

[1] Chisun Lee, Katherine Valde, Benjamin T. Brickner, and Douglas Keith, Secret Spending in the States, Brennan Center for Justice, June 26, 2016. 

[2] New York Becomes 17th State to Call for a Constitutional Amendment to Rein in Election Spending, Public Citizen, June 25, 2016. 

[3] Stohr, Greg, Americans Want Supreme Court to Turn Off Political Spending Spigot, Bloomberg Politics, September 28, 2015. 

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Sarah Friedman