http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/could-we-agree-on-ethics/Content?oid=2612309 Comments On: Could we agree on ethics? by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:30:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
But you would allow PACs to launder the contributions instead. That is not an improvement, it will actually make it harder to trace the source of the money. And you advocate no improvements to reporting practices, like abolishing the handwritten, faxed-in reports, and replace it with a transaction-level database for public access and analysis.

If the idea is to curb corruption in campaign practices, the ideal change would be to allow direct contributions only from registered voters in the candidate's district, and improve the disclosure reports. That would improve transparency, and effectively end donations from corporations - and from out-of-district contributors and PACs. We don't count petition signatures from out-of-district persons, nor allow them to vote in local elections, so that is a sound basis for prohibiting out-of-district campaign contributions. They would still free to express their opinions with uncoordinated independent expenditures.
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