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Can campaign finance disclosure go too far? The case of small donors

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It糖心传媒檚 possible that if you糖心传媒檝e donated even as little as a dollar to a political candidate, it糖心传媒檚 information easily obtained on the internet.

Federal law requires campaigns to disclose contributions of greater than $200. But online campaign fundraising conduits, such as ActBlue, are required to disclose the names and addresses of all donors.

That concerns , the Ani and Mark Gabrellian Professor and an associate professor of political science and business administration at the

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An expert on campaign finance, Primo is working on a book, Campaign Finance and American Democracy: What the Public Really Thinks and Why It Matters (forthcoming, University of Chicago Press).