1 ene 2012 año - 2012 Presidential Election - Dark Money

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There was a noticeable leap in so-called 'Dark Money' in 2012. In 2006, less than $5.2 million of dark money was spent in 2006, jumping to well over $300 million in 2012, and continues to increase today.

Dark money are untraceable donations. PACs, SuperPACs, and political parties must disclose their donors, however, other entities don't need to. For example, non-profits which are primarily 'issue-advocacy' groups, do not need to register with the FEC or disclose their donors. These non-profits, though they can't contribute directly to a candidate or political party, can raise money from corporations, labour unions, and individuals anonymously, and then contribute to a PAC. Although the PAC discloses the contribution, it does not have to disclose the original donors to the non-profit.

According to the Centre for Public Integrity, the FEC has struggled to keep track of this hidden political spending over the last decade. Supposedly non-political non-profits have spent vast sums on political campaigns. The FEC "struggle[s] to identify which organizations appeared to be spending more than the recommended 50 percent of their annual budgets on political activities—and even to define what 'political spending' was."

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