In Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court in 2010 asserted that corporations are people and removed reasonable campaign contribution limits, allowing a small group of wealthy donors and special interests to use dark money to influence elections. Groups in Virginia and Washington, D.C., poured money into Idaho advertisements and mailers leading up to the May 17 primary — and thousands more are expected in the months before November elections. Much of the funding comes from groups with ties to billionaires who are well-known in conservative politics and filter the funds through national PACs to state-level chapters such as Idaho Freedom Foundation. Are candidates loyal to these funders?

Ordinary Idaho people have little voice and little to spend on influencing elections – except one thing.  The only thing that can stop a bad politician with a vote is a good citizen with a vote.

Larry Gebhardt,

Pocatello