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Election Reform

jordanpg

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4. Practicality?

Reply to WillYourVoteBCounted (Original post)

Tue May 1, 2012, 12:28 AM

May 2012

Is it possible that Eliot and Peter Ackerman are well-meaning and that their apparent recalcitrance to reveal their sources of funding are a function of the reality on the ground? In other words, it's all well and good to propose a system for upending the bipartisan gridlock, but something has to pay for it. Maybe their hands are tied?

The Wikimedia foundation has $24M in revenues, and lists 3 donors who give >$1M:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/WMF_AR11_SHIP_spreads_15dec11_72dpi.pdf

One of the three is "anonymous donors." I realize that Wikipedia and Americans Elect are not the same thing, but is the lack of disclosure problematic in this case?

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Americans Elect - Wallstreet insiders would broker 2012 election [View all] WillYourVoteBCounted Jan 2012 OP

Why not post this in GD, or whatever the new place-to-be is on DU? nt Bill Bored Jan 2012 #1

Follow the money 4dharma53 Jan 2012 #2

K&R'd & Bookmarked. snot Feb 2012 #3

Practicality? jordanpg May 2012 #4