Maine Anti-Gay Group Propped Up By Out-of-State Religious Dollars
Last week, I wrote that 86.4% of the $1,193,323.83 raised by Stand for Marriage Maine in the 3rd Quarter of 2009 came from just four sources: 1. The Knights of Columbus 2. The National Organization for...
View Article91% of Stand for Marriage Maine’s October Cash Came from 3 Religious Groups
A recently-released campaign finance report reveals that between October 1 and October 20, the anti-gay group “Stand for Marriage Maine” raised $1,410,689.80 in cash contributions. $1.4 million is a...
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Americans Elect Shuts Down as 527, Begins Life as No-Disclosure 501c4
Americans Elect is dead. Long live Americans Elect. Last month, I noted a oddity: while Americans Elect continued in its activity to organize its very own presidential campaign for the year 2012, it...
View ArticleElliot Ackerman says the names of Americans Elect donors are on its website....
In an August 1 2011 interview broadcast over the airwaves of the Wisconsin Radio Network, Americans Elect COO Elliot Ackerman claimed that names of donors to Americans Elect “are available publicly on...
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[Updated with CORRECTION] Kahlil Byrd Announces Mass Wave of Resignations...
A tip of the pen to Ralph on this. Kahlil Byrd is the Americans Elect executive who has variously referred to himself the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Secretary, Treasurer,...
View ArticleDisclosures Americans Elect Can Make About its Funders Right Now — Without...
Pity the secret funders of Americans Elect. Americans Elect refuses to tell the public who the millionaires and billionaires are that laid out the seed money for this first ever corporate privatized...
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The Common Sense Coalition Promises to Disclose its Donors (with Update)
Like Americans Elect, The Common Sense Coalition is a 501(c)(4) corporation. The Common Sense Coalition holds leadership in common with Americans Elect and explicitly identifies itself as continuing...
View ArticleOverdue National Organization for Marriage disclosure shows deep unpopularity...
It was apparent in 2009 that almost all of the money used to oppose marriage equality in a Maine ballot initiative in Maine that year came from outside the state. 86.4% of the $1,193,323.83 raised by...
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