Anti-Transparent and Out-of-State, Yes on V’s Campaign Mirrors the Measure
Yes on V got 85.7% of Contributions from Out-of-State, while 78.3% came from Dark Money Groups
Fort Pierre, SD – October 28, 2016 – The pre-general campaign finance report for Yes on V showed a massive influx of out-of-state, dark money flowing to the campaign. To date, Yes on V has raised 85.7% of its money from out-of-state and 78.3% from Dark Money groups that do not disclose their donors.
“Amendment V is an anti-transparent, out-of-state plan that is wrong for South Dakota. The Yes on V campaign hides the source of its money just like Amendment V would hide party labels from voters,” said Will Mortenson, Chairman of Vote No On V.
The vast majority of Yes on V’s campaign donations have come from outside South Dakota. Yes on V has raised $1,323,068 from out-of-state, including $1,122,720 from a single, dark money donor in New York City, NY. Amendment V would install a California-style primary in South Dakota’s constitution.
“Amendment V is being pushed by dark money from Manhattan. South Dakota works best when we govern ourselves. Amendment V is an out-of-state plan pushed by out-of-state cash,” Mortenson added.
To date, Yes on V has raised a total of $1,543,350 to support their attempt to overhaul South Dakota’s constitution.
Vote No On V reported raising $100,623. Over 99% of the funds raised for Vote No On V came from in South Dakota and over 98% of donations came from individuals or groups that disclose their donors.
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Is any of what the Yes on V side doing illegal? Or are they just taking advantage of the laws that currently exist, like Donald Trump exploiting income tax law to show that, as a great businessman, he could lose a billion dollars in a year and thus avoid taxes for the next 20 years? From the folks I’ve seen on the Yes on V commercials, I’d say it’s a bi-partisan group, which is probably why the Republikan regime here is so afraid of this.
Bipartisan do you mean Liberal Republicans meeting up with aliberal Democrats hardly bipartisan
Open Primaries, the dark money NY group that put in over a million, broke SD campaign finance law by using the ballot measure to raise money.
Where’s Marty? Will he do anything or wait until after the election like with boz?
Aren’t these guys Dusty Johnson’s old campaign team vs Tim Johnson’s old campaign team.
Initiated measure 22 says we want to disclose the donors but uses the same groups to push it and V that are all out-of-state dark-money #hypocrite
No On V + 22
When was the last time ballot measures spent a million dollars in the state?
Probably the abortion fight.
Wow. Looks like Thune and Daugaard really did a lot to kill this thing. Sad that the parties will be destroyed on their watch.
Thune has 11 million and Daugaard has 1.5. How about using some of it?
Thankfully a healthy portion probably went to rick and drey.
Why isn’t the Attorney General getting off his arse and prosecuting these out of state law breakers????
Marty time.
V is destructive to our state we all need to work to defeat it. NO on V
Why isn’t Noem helping to stop V? Where is she hiding? She could help her run for governor
She doesn’t help anyone.
Ms. Noem needs to come out and say Vote NO on Everything!
I’d vote for Noem if she’d come out and lead on killing V. It’s a no brainer.
Senators Thune and Rounds, Representative Noem, and Governor Daugaard have all been vocal in their opposition to IM 22, and I thank them for being so!
V has to be defeated, no question. don’t let this be another min-wage-increase situation, don’t take public attitudes for granted. fight to kill this thing til it’s dead, tell people why it’s the worst thing ever and don’t presume some noble inner drive will prevail over emotional illogic. same for the rest of the out-of-state crap.