Take 30 seconds and sign the Demand for Transparency from the Sunlight Foundation. Make your voice heard and pass it on. We are reprinting the email as we received it this morning from Sunlight.
Video and links are inside. Background is here:
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Watch a short explanation in this video from Sunlight.
We are reprinting the email below as we received it this morning from Sunlight.
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We need your help.
A few months ago, a decision by the Supreme Court called Citizens United made it possible for there to be more money in our elections than ever before - permitting unlimited spending by unions, corporations or shadow groups on things like political advertisements.
Whether or not you agree with this decision, that's the way it is.
At the very least, this influx of money going to influence our government needs to be fully disclosed, which means we need disclosure ONLINE and in REAL-TIME.
Right now you can help make that happen.
The DISCLOSE Act is coming up for a vote this afternoon in the House and we need your help to make sure it passes. This bill will help to make sure we know who is paying for political ads that are influencing the way citizens decide in this year's elections.
Now the bill needs to pass, and we need your help doing three things ASAP:
1) Call your representative right now to tell them to support the DISCLOSE Act, and ask your friends to do the same. Tell your rep that you want all political money disclosed online and in real-time.
2) Let us know that you've made that call in the simple form provided in the link above and whether you received any feedback from your Rep.
3) Make sure Congress understands that we'll be expecting them to be open and transparent when we go to the ballot boxes this November.
4) Share the pledge with friends.
No matter what you think about the flow of money in politics it's important to know who's spending it and where.
Thank you for helping to make the disclosure of money in politics an online, real-time reality!
Ellen Miller
Sunlight Foundation
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Sunlight worked hard to successfully amend the DISCLOSE Act so that information about corporate and union spending on elections would be online, in real time.
You can read more about the amendment in Lisa Rosenberg's blog post.
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