Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill that completely rewrites Arizona’s campaign finance laws, including a provision that critics say will open the state up to more dark money in elections.
Secretary of State Michele Reagan pushed SB1516 with the stated goal of simplifying Arizona’s outdated campaign finance statutes. Most of the bill’s provisions have been noncontroversial.
But several key parts of the law have raised the ire of legislative Democrats and others would make it far more difficult for state elections officials to crack down on nonprofit groups that break the rules in spending dark money.