What Is Dark Money And How Does It Influence Elections?
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========== The 2016 presidential race is already awash
in money on a historic scale. More than ever, candidates are running on large, undisclosed
donations, known as “dark money”. So, what is dark money, and how does it influence
elections? Well, any election funding that comes from
groups who don’t need to disclose their donors is described as “dark money”. Shady
donor groups generally come in two forms: politically active nonprofits, like social
welfare and trade organizations, or Limited Liability Corporations, also knowns as LLCs.
Like SuperPacs, dark money groups can funnel an unlimited amount of money to any political
cause or candidate. However, because of their position in the federal tax code, they are
not required to publicly disclose the source of that money. This particula...