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SUMMARY:League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area - Good Governance Symposium Session IV: Money in Politics
DESCRIPTION:Click Here\n\nReducing the influence of big money in our politics makes our elections fairer. Voters have the right to know who is raising money for which political candidates\, how much money they are raising and how that money is being spent. Join us to discuss the history of money in politics and solutions to prioritize transparency in our elections.\n\n \n\n	National Perspective: Money in Politics: Patrick Llewellyn from the Campaign Legal Center\n	South Carolina Perspective: Money in Politics: Former Republican State Senator Larry Martin (Pickens)\n\n \n\nPre-Reads:\n\n\n	Short Articles:\n\n	\n		In the Know: How the League is Transforming Money in Politics (League of Women Voters)\n		Reform Money in Politics (Brennan Center)\n	\n	\n	Long-Form Article:\n	\n		Inside the Koch-Backed Effort to Block the Largest Election-Reform Bill in Half a Century (The New Yorker)\n		Democrats Used to Rail Against Dark Money\; Now They-re Better at it than the GOP - NBC News  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democrats-used-rail-against-dark-money-now-they-re-better-n1239830\n	\n	\n	Books:\n	\n		Dark Money (Jane Mayer)
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://my.lwv.org/south-carolina/charleston-area/event/good-governance-symposium-series-money-politics">Click Here</a><br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;">Reducing the influence of big money in our politics makes our elections fairer. Voters have the right to know who is raising money for which political candidates\, how much money they are raising and how that money is being spent. Join us to discuss the history of money in politics and solutions to prioritize transparency in our elections.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;\n<ul>\n	<li style="margin-bottom:0in\;"><em>National Perspective: Money in Politics: </em><a href="https://campaignlegal.org/staff/patrick-llewellyn">Patrick Llewellyn</a><span style="color:#222222\;"> from the Campaign Legal Center</span></li>\n	<li style="margin-bottom:0in\;"><em>South Carolina Perspective: Money in Politics:</em> <span style="color:#222222\;">Former Republican </span><a href="https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1172727132">State Senator Larry Martin</a><span style="color:#222222\;"> (Pickens)</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<em>Pre-Reads:</em>\n\n<ul>\n	<li style="margin-top:0in\;margin-right:0in\;margin-bottom:0in\;background:white\;"><strong><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Short Articles:</span></span></span></strong>\n\n	<ul style="list-style-type:circle\;">\n		<li style="margin-top:0in\;margin-right:0in\;margin-bottom:0in\;background:white\;"><span style="color:black\;"><a href="https://www.lwv.org/blog/know-how-league-transforming-money-politics"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">In the Know: How the League is Transforming Money in Politics</span></span></a></span><strong><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;"> (League of Women Voters)</span></span></span></strong></li>\n		<li style="margin-top:0in\;margin-right:0in\;margin-bottom:0in\;background:white\;"><span style="color:black\;"><a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/reform-money-politics"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Reform Money in Politics</span></span></a></span><strong><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;"> (Brennan Center)</span></span></span></strong></li>\n	</ul>\n	</li>\n	<li style="margin-top:0in\;margin-right:0in\;margin-bottom:0in\;background:white\;"><strong><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Long-Form Article:</span></span></span></strong>\n	<ul style="list-style-type:circle\;">\n		<li style="margin-top:0in\;margin-right:0in\;margin-bottom:0in\;background:white\;"><span style="color:black\;"><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/inside-the-koch-backed-effort-to-block-the-largest-election-reform-bill-in-half-a-century"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Inside the Koch-Backed Effort to Block the Largest Election-Reform Bill in Half a Century</span></span></a></span><strong><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;"> (The New Yorker)</span></span></span></strong></li>\n		<li><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt\;">Democrats Used to Rail Against Dark Money\; Now They-re Better at it than the GOP - NBC News&nbsp\; </span></span></span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democrats-used-rail-against-dark-money-now-they-re-better-n1239830"><span style="font-family:helvetica\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:9.0pt\;">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democrats-used-rail-against-dark-money-now-they-re-better-n1239830</span></span></a></li>\n	</ul>\n	</li>\n	<li style="margin-top:0in\;margin-right:0in\;margin-bottom:0in\;background:white\;"><strong><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Books:</span></span></span></strong>\n	<ul>\n		<li style="color:#222222\;margin-bottom:0in\;line-height:normal\;background:white\;"><span style="color:black\;"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/215462/dark-money-by-jane-mayer/">Dark Money</a> (Jane Mayer)</span></li>\n	</ul>\n	</li>\n</ul>\n
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