Should Political Donations Be Anonymous In Arizona?

Political campaigns do not run on votes, they don't run on goodwill, heck, they don't run on policy. They run on one thing and one thing only: Money.

Donations to political campaigns are the lifeblood of our government, whether for better or for worse, and that spending has stayed more or less the same for the past two decades.

Arizona's currently trying to break the mold.

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In 2022,the Citizens Clean Elections Commission pushed forward a wildly popular bill, known as the "Voter's Right to Know Act". This would effectively end all political anonymity, at least for donors to various campaigns across the state.

The act specifically states that any and all donors donating $5,000 and above would have to disclose their identity. This cracks down on "dark money", which is a system in which political donors will move their money through intermediaries to hide the initial source.

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So, What's the Issue?

When the proposition went through initially, it was met with massive acclaim from voters across the state. A different tune was being sung at the Arizona Republican Party Headquarters. They claimed the act was unconstitutional, and pushed to overturn it in late 2023.

Now, the Arizona Supreme Court is knee-deep in conversations regarding the act. Some believe that if any section of the act is found unconstitutional, the whole thing should fall, while others stand a bit more lenient, believing that if changes should be made, they will.

What do you think? Should major political donors be forced to disclose their identities, or is this overkill?

[Tucson Sentinel]