A push for more transparency on ballot question spending, fundraising - CommonWealth Beacon

A push for more transparency on ballot question spending, fundraising - CommonWealth Beacon

BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEES, hoping to convince voters to vote “yes” or “no” on their respective proposals, ranging from the elimination of the MCAS test as a graduation requirement to an audit of the state Legislature, spent tens of millions of dollars last year.   It was hard to avoid the barrage of ads making the case for one side or the other of some ballot questions. But it was a very different story when it came to seeing who was funding th…