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This edition: Ian Vandewalker on Big Money in Elections


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Original tape date: February 4, 2015. First aired: February 16, 2015.

Election Spending just keeps going up and up. Super PACs and "dark money" donations make it more possible than ever before for the richest donors to have a bigger voice in politics than the rest of voters. Ian Vandewalker, Counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice explains how this is possible and what this really means for the average voter who wants to be heard.

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Ian Vandewalker Counsel in the Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Law and Justice, New York University

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