Campaign Spending Law, Section 4

House Committee on Judiciary (JUD) - chair: Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, vice chair: Karl Rhoads

Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 2:00 p.m.. Conference Room 325

Testifier: Beppie J. Shapiro, President, LWV of Hawaii

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Chair Keith-Agaran, Vice-Chair Rhoads, Members of the Committee: I am testifying as President of the League of Women Voters of Hawaii. Thank you for this opportunity to speak on behalf of our members throughout Hawaii. The League of Women Voters of Hawaii strongly supports the public’s access to information on money spent by independent parties or committees intending to influence voters’ choices among candidates for elective office. We are all aware of the great increase in such expenditures following the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010. We believe disclosure such as that included in Section 4 of HB 1756.will allow members of the public, in particular voters, to learn the identities and funders of independent campaign expenditures. Thank you for the opportunity to testify.