The Influence Industry: Revised primary schedule could shield super PAC donors

Could 2012 produce the first secretly financed primaries?

That might be a result of recent moves by Florida and other early-voting states to move their primaries and caucuses ahead to January, according to some campaign finance experts.

The new schedule raises the possibility of outside spending groups running millions of dollars in ads in the final days of the races — without having to disclose them until the contests are over.

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Patricia Sullivan 06 Oct, 2011

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