Big — often secret — election money wins too often, in Illinois and the nation.
Voters’ interests often take a back seat to hush-hush extravagant campaign donations, which can be used to disguise who is lavishing cash on candidates, as the Sun-Times’ Tina Sfondeles reported last week. The money also can be used to meddle in opposing party’s primary elections, or to take advantage of Illinois’ unique self-funding loophole to skirt campaign spending caps.
