How might tech/Silicon Valley look to tackle corruption in elections? A good story here: http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/hacking-the-hill-20141024 …
@derekwillis I believe it's based on "People's Pledge" between Warren/Brown that helped keep dark money out in 2012: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/03/21/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-brown-shaheen-peoples-pledge-ruckus/ …
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@mattcutts@derekwillis The goal is to get candidates to make a mutual agreement that disincentivizes spending by non-disclosing groups. -
@counterpac@mattcutts but they literally don't control (and can't) non-disclosing groups. how would they do that? why would they?
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@mattcutts@derekwillis Even though cands don't directly control outside groups, both sides benefit from millions in untraceable spending. -
@counterpac@mattcutts exactly - so why would they agree to turn that off if they really needed it?
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@mattcutts That race, I think, is not the norm in these sorts of things.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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