| DARK MONEY: Judicial retention elections in Kansas have typically been apolitical and uncontested -- until Kansans for Justice entered the fray earlier this month. Now the state's grappling with a new kind of dark money. "With just three weeks left before the upcoming midterm elections, a group called "Kansans for Justice" surfaced with the aim of persuading voters to oust two of their state Supreme Court justices. The unexpected emergence of Kansans for Justice in what have historically been uncontested retention races has exposed a loophole in the state's campaign finance rules: Even though the group has all the hallmarks of a political committee -- it is soliciting contributions, plans to send mailers and has an explicit electoral goal -- it's not required to report anything about its leadership, donors or spending." See how our country is being purchased thanks to CITIZENS UNITED: |
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