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Old 08-03-2018, 12:22 PM
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...Finn - this is a state race. Efforts on the Federal level to control campaign spending wouldn't necessarily trickle down to state laws. State campaign finance laws in MI, like most other states, haven't changed in years (I think 1977 in our state's case). So, your attempts to talk about with's happening at he national level aren't really relevant in this thread.
It seems you failed to read the very first paragraph of the link you provided in the OP.

Three of the leading candidates to be Michigan's next chief executive have benefited from large sums of cash that can't be easily followed to their original sources because of federal laws allowing not-for-profit organizations to influence elections outside of the state's campaign finance law.

And as I have said (along with providing a link to support my assertion), the laws allowing non-profits to do this with "dark money" are a Republican initiative/priority.
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Old 08-03-2018, 01:42 PM
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It seems you failed to read the very first paragraph of the link you provided in the OP.

Three of the leading candidates to be Michigan's next chief executive have benefited from large sums of cash that can't be easily followed to their original sources because of federal laws allowing not-for-profit organizations to influence elections outside of the state's campaign finance law.
Which has not one F'ing thing to do with Citizens United, but that didn't stop you from bringing it up.
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