One of the items on the Wyoming Legislature’s to-do list is a result of the U-S Supreme Court ruling in the “Citizens United” case related to corporations and direct spending in elections. Current Wyoming law that prohibits corporations and unions from direct spending has to change, and a state Senate committee is looking at the options today (Tuesday). Dan Neal with the Equality State Policy Center says Wyoming has a strong tradition of requiring public information about spending, and he says that can continue if a public reporting requirement is added to the proposal currently on the table.
Neal explains that if the state law doesn’t include specifics on reporting, a company, even one from another country, can set up a dummy nonprofit with a misleading name and hide behind that name.
Disclosure amendments are being debated today.
Neal explains that if the state law doesn’t include specifics on reporting, a company, even one from another country, can set up a dummy nonprofit with a misleading name and hide behind that name.
Disclosure amendments are being debated today.
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