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It\u2019s possible that if you\u2019ve donated even as little as a dollar to a political candidate, it\u2019s information easily obtained on the internet.<\/p>\n

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<\/em> donors.<\/p>\n

That concerns David Primo<\/a>, the Ani and Mark Gabrellian Professor and an associate professor of political science and business administration at the URochester.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cCampaign finance disclosure regulations are typically justified on the grounds that they prevent corruption or the appearance of corruption,\u201d Primo writes in a New York Times<\/em> op-ed<\/a> published recently online and in print. \u201cNo reasonable person, though, can argue that ActBlue\u2019s disclosures accomplish any of those goals.\u201d The op-ed is part of the newspaper\u2019s larger Privacy Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/em> (forthcoming, University of Chicago Press).<\/p>\n

Read more in the New York Times<\/em> ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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