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FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN U.S. ELECTIONS (thread)
Important new fed. appellate case, reaffirming the law & legal precedent that foreigners should not be able to spend $$ in US elections. Foreign entities increasingly are trying to spend via U.S. companies.
politico.com/story/2019/05/…
Here is a link to the 9th Circuit's decision, for all of you who want to dig deeper:
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opin…
At the Center for American Progress @amprog , we've written reports discussing the dangers of foreign $$ coming into U.S. elections via corporations, LLSs, shell companies. The Republican FEC commissioners are refusing common-sense standards to prevent this money from coming in.
This @amprog @CAPdemocracy report includes a recommendation for using a threshold test to measure foreign ownership of US companies -- and to keep those foreign interests who exceed the treshold from influencing our elections.
americanprogress.org/issues/democra…
And check out this @amprog @moscow_project report that also addresses the issue and makes recommendations for keeping foreign money out of US politics.
americanprogress.org/issues/democra…
Many members of Congress are shining a bright light on this issue -- and have proposed legislation to measure foreign influence over US companies, in order to keep foreign money out of our elections. @RepRaskin, a democracy reform leader, is one of them.
raskin.house.gov/media/press-re…
FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub @EllenLWeintraub also has been powerfully leading the fight to keep foreigners from spending in our elections via US companies. Check out her compelling @nytimes op-ed:
nytimes.com/2016/03/30/opi…
This issue is all about our national sovereignty -- the right for the American people to determine our own elections, free from foreign interference. This should be a non-partisan issue. @amprog will continue to shine a light on this, and push for bold democracy reforms.
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