Will Americans For Prosperity Be Forced To Reveal Its Donors?

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The conservative group Americans For Prosperity may have taken a step that eventually forces it to reveal its donor base, which has so far remained anonymous thanks to federal law, according to the Las Vegas Sun.

But after it became involved in a Nevada Senate race last month, a state law could mean the Koch-funded group loses its ability to avail of federal protections against disclosure. Democrats are said to be pressing the issue.

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In a complaint filed Thursday, the Nevada Democratic Party asked Secretary of State Ross Miller to investigate whether the nonprofit organization must report the contributions it received to fund mailers attacking state Senate candidate Kelvin Atkinson, a Democratic assemblyman from North Las Vegas.

Under federal law, political nonprofits such as AFP can escape disclosure requirements by not including words such as “vote for” or “defeat” in political messaging.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/will-americans-for-prosperity-be-forced-to-reveal

Americans for Prosperity may have opened donors to public scrutiny by entering state race

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Under state law, it doesn’t matter whether those words are used or not.

If there can be “no other reasonable interpretation” than that the ad seeks the election or defeat of a candidate, then the producer must disclose the funding source for the ad.

http://m.lvsun.com/news/2012/jul/22/americans-prosperity-may-have-opened-donors-public/

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1. Whatever eventually happens,

I'm betting repugs will delay so disclosures won't occur in time to affect this years' elections. The 'house' always wins.