Arizona Prop. 211 Passes, Requiring Political Committees Taking Out Ads to Disclose Their Donors in Certain Circumstances
By Chris Shanley.Arizona residents voted overwhelmingly to approve Proposition 211 at the ballot box on November 8, 2022. The passing of Proposition 211 now requires that independent expenditure committees spending $50,000 or more on a statewide campaign or $25,000 or more on a local campaign must disclose the names of the money’s original sources that have contributed $5,000 or more. This Proposition only applies to advertisement expenses.How did Arizona Proposition 211 Come to Be?The Voters Right to Know and Stop Dark Money organizations originally filed the petition to get Proposition 211 on the November ballot in March 2022. Almost 400,000 signatures were gathered before the July deadline, of which 285,000 were found to be valid under Arizona’s signature rules. The 285,000 signatures were enough to get Proposition 211 on the…