{"id":117925,"date":"2016-01-19T09:25:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T16:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=117925"},"modified":"2016-01-19T09:27:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T16:27:13","slug":"super-pacs-get-free-pass-to-hide-donors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/01\/super-pacs-get-free-pass-to-hide-donors\/","title":{"rendered":"Super PACs get free pass to hide donors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThe situation is really inappropriate \u2014 the whole point of disclosure is to provide information to voters when they need it,\u201d said Ann Ravel, a Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission who served as the agency\u2019s chairwoman last year. (photo cc info<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Last week, a pro-Hillary Clinton<\/a>\u00a0super PAC<\/a> sent campaign regulators a seemingly perfunctory letter,<\/a> all of 30 words long.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis letter serves to officially notify the Federal Election Commission that Priorities USA Action will file its reports on a monthly basis to the Commission as of January 1, 2016,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n

Sounds harmless enough. But that little note \u2014 and more just like it from other super PACs \u2014 allows top presidential bankrollers to remain hidden as the campaign grows white hot.<\/p>\n