Elections Quote by Elissa Slotkin

If people are going to donate huge sums of money to influence elections, we have the right to know who is donating, and this…

— Elissa Slotkin

Most elected officials don't want you to know about the world of political fundraising because they fear that it paints an unflattering portrait of…

— Chris Murphy

Voluntary public funding of elections solves the free speech 'problem' with more speech instead of more regulation: by giving qualified candidates who show broad-based…

— Alan K. Simpson

If I take donations from Big Corporates to fund our election campaign, I'll be accountable to them and would have to do what they…

— Arvind Kejriwal

The reality is that asking the public to fund political campaigns accomplishes nothing. Candidates continue to seek interest-group support through other channels, both financial…

— Bradley A. Smith

In my home state of Maine, we've seen out-of-state groups with anonymous donors spend millions of dollars to campaign against issues that don't fit…

— Chellie Pingree

It's no surprise that the corporate media, and many of the nonprofits that are dependent on the big money, they are not allowing our…

— Jill Stein

Well, the elected officials in both parties are receiving campaign contributions and support through electioneering communications from groups that aren't technically affiliated with the…

— Richard Painter

Because of tax laws governing charities, including almost every single civil rights organization you've ever heard of, including the NAACP, the Urban League, the…

— Shaun King

If candidates spend money on ads and other political speech and their opponents are rewarded with government handouts to attack them, that chills speech…

— Bradley A. Smith

The identity of political donors should be disclosed and bureaucratic rules should not circumvent the original intent of federal law or interfere with the…

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

By law, super PACs are required to disclose their donors. There are groups that have never had to disclose their donors, non-profits such as…

— Bradley A. Smith