Nonprofit groups are undermining campaign finance laws with attack ads

By: Niki Kelly

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: March 27, 2026

Words: 698

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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Mailboxes and airwaves are alive with ads pushing for and against specific candidates.

But even though transparency in campaigns is supposed to be a core tenet, you only get to know who is financing the efforts on some of them.

That’s because nonprofit organizations run by shadowy people and funded in darkness are running many of the ads. That’s different than if a candidate’s committee or political action committee does the same thing. Funders of …

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