Quoting Christopher Cousins at
Bangor Daily News:
The Maine Ethics Commission voted 5-0 in favor of a proposal that would
require groups that donate more than $100,000 to a campaign in Maine to
disclose information about themselves, including what kind of
organization they are and their top five donors. The new legislation
would apply to out-of-state organizations that contribute to Maine
political action committees, party committees and ballot question
committees.
The proposal comes as the amount of money flowing into Maine politics
climbs a steep incline. In 2009, the National Organization for Marriage
contributed more than $2 million to a political action committee called
Stand for Marriage Maine, which supported a successful
citizen-initiated repeal of a John Baldacci-era same-sex marriage law.
That triggered a years-long fight between the state and the organization, which culminated in 2015 with a court order for the National Organization for Marriage to identify its donors.
I do not believe that NOM ever complied with the court order. Brian S. Brown is wed to the notion that he and NOM have special rules ordained by God himself. I am trying to find out from Mr. Cousins. The court order was the result of consistent work by Fred Karger who orchestrated the disclosure campaign.
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