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Both parties campaign committees violate campaign law limit, watchdog group finds. By Matt Rothschild - Feb 25th, 2021 02:19 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Cash. (CC0 Creative Commons).
Three legislative campaign committees and the state Democratic Party accepted excessive corporate and political action committee contributions in 2020.
State campaign finance law caps PAC and corporate contributions at $12,000 a year to each of the four legislative campaign committees and state parties. A Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review of 2020 campaign finance reports found:
The state Democratic Party accepted $24,000 in corporate contributions from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Committee on Political Education in Washington, D.C., and $24,000 in PAC contributions from the Service and Hospitality Workers Union PAC in Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin Voices workers at a Fair Maps fundraiser earlier this year. Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Voices Workers.
When workers at Wisconsin Voices told the progressive organizing and fundraising group that they had formed a staff union, they hoped the group’s leaders would accept their choice.
Wisconsin Voices has for years partnered with dozens of like-minded grass-roots activist groups involved in voter registration, racial justice, climate change and other issues. Many of its partner organizations have close ties with organized labor, and some have collective bargaining agreements with their own employees.