Episode 14: Campaign Finance and the Montana Plan

We host our first guest on the podcast, Montanan Jeff Mangan. Jeff runs a grassroots effort to change the way Montana - and other states - treat corporations. After the SCOTUS ruled in the Citizens United case that laws limiting corporate spending on election campaigns violate the First Amendment right to free speech, dark money has increased to the point where wealthy corporations and interest groups can pretty much buy elections, especially in small states. Jeff's group would amend the State Constitution to restrict this spending once again by repealing corporate personhood. Join us to hear about Jeff's work and find out how you can help - and start similar efforts in other states. Show Notes:From the Transparent Election website: The Transparent Election Initiative is committed to ending the influence of corporate and dark money in our politics through the groundbreaking The Montana Plan. We believe that elections should be decided by voters, not by the size of corporate checkbooks.Our approach leverages each state's authority to define corporate powers, creating a pathway to campaign finance reform that doesn't rely on restricting speech but instead focuses on not granting political spending powers to corporations in the first place.Website: https://transparentelection.org/ Disrupt Dark Money Blog: https://disruptdarkmoney.feather.blog/ EVENTS: https://disruptdarkmoney.feather.blog/events CONTRIBUTE - https://tei.nationbuilder.com/tei_web X/Twitter: @transparent406 Facebook: facebook.com/transparentelection Instagram: instagram.com/transparentelection Bluesky: transpelectinit.bsky.social YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TransparentElectionInitiative LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/transparent-election-initiative/ Theme music: Partners In Crime by Alexander Nakaradahttps://creatorchords.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/free-music/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/