This year, residents of Georgia’s 6th Congressional District were bombarded with a seemingly never-ending cascade of political advertisements. But figuring out who was really behind this $60 million spending spree is nothing short of a Herculean task.
Our disclosure laws are outdated. While the sponsors of ads must be disclosed, the names of politically active groups far too frequently provide little context about which interests or deep-pocketed donors are funding them, or what their true agendas are.