Dear Reader,
In honor of Sunshine Week, OpenSecrets is giving readers an insight into our current state of transparency. In case you missed yesterday’s article, our Director of Research and Strategy, Sarah Bryner, published an in-depth commentary about why we need a transparent government.
She writes: at OpenSecrets, transparency is key to our mission and underpins everything that we do.
Today we look into the expenses and funding sources behind ballot measures, and how they shape the debate around hot button issues throughout the country.
Annually, groups invest millions of dollars campaigning around ballot measures in efforts to sway public opinion. Some of these ballot measures include matters related to healthcare, local school funding and even housing regulations. Ballot measures ultimately decide many freedoms and choices we have in America, and it is critical we know who is behind the scenes funding these campaigns.
If these articles are intriguing to you, we encourage you to check out our news archive, where you can find data, articles and reports on a wide range of issues. Just because the law requires campaign finance data to be made available, it doesn’t mean it’s accessible, which is why OpenSecrets is committed to shining a light on our government, this week and beyond.
