The Elgin/McIntyre compliance overlap is the part that stuck with me, way harder to notice than shared messaging or funding since it's just paperwork nobody's watching. Have you seen that same pattern in other networks, or does it seem specific to Clark Fork?
This week, I'm submitting a campaign finance complaint with our Colorado Secy of State.
Your deep work has been quite useful in gatheing the story re A Public Voice. `
Here goes...
In Colorado, our Secy of State campaign finance tracker is called TRACER.
During a recent GOP primary re County Commissioner in my county, Douglas, A Public Voice Inc. appeared on a periodic TRACER contribution report for a new Colorado IEC, Douglas County Future Leadership Fund.
A Public Voice made three contributions - 130k, 130k and 30k - to the Douglas County Future Leadership Fund, IEC. (total = $290,000k).
Douglas County Future Leadership Fund, IEC. received no contributions other than the three from A Public's Voice.
The whole amount, $290,000, was spent on electioneering activites supporting one candidate. `
Other than these 3 contributions, A Public Voice has no campaign activity in Colorado, back to the year 2000.
In Colorado, our Legislature passed an anti-dark money law that requires pass-through conduits ("covered entity") (e.g. A Public Voice) to identify the person(s)/corporation(s) providing the pass through money.
I'm submitting a complaint to our SOS this week, hoping to force A Public Voice to divulge where the $$ came from.
The Elgin/McIntyre compliance overlap is the part that stuck with me, way harder to notice than shared messaging or funding since it's just paperwork nobody's watching. Have you seen that same pattern in other networks, or does it seem specific to Clark Fork?
Great work...my head is spinning.
This week, I'm submitting a campaign finance complaint with our Colorado Secy of State.
Your deep work has been quite useful in gatheing the story re A Public Voice. `
Here goes...
In Colorado, our Secy of State campaign finance tracker is called TRACER.
During a recent GOP primary re County Commissioner in my county, Douglas, A Public Voice Inc. appeared on a periodic TRACER contribution report for a new Colorado IEC, Douglas County Future Leadership Fund.
A Public Voice made three contributions - 130k, 130k and 30k - to the Douglas County Future Leadership Fund, IEC. (total = $290,000k).
Douglas County Future Leadership Fund, IEC. received no contributions other than the three from A Public's Voice.
The whole amount, $290,000, was spent on electioneering activites supporting one candidate. `
Other than these 3 contributions, A Public Voice has no campaign activity in Colorado, back to the year 2000.
In Colorado, our Legislature passed an anti-dark money law that requires pass-through conduits ("covered entity") (e.g. A Public Voice) to identify the person(s)/corporation(s) providing the pass through money.
I'm submitting a complaint to our SOS this week, hoping to force A Public Voice to divulge where the $$ came from.
Thank again.