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Advocates ask committee to bar foreign-influenced corporations from spending in state elections
6548422 · October 21, 2025
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Summary
Partners in Democracy testified in favor of S 525 and H 875, bills that would bar political spending by corporations that are foreign-influenced, citing Citizens United and the risk that multinational interests could shape ballot-question outcomes.
Emma Chinman, coalition manager at Partners in Democracy, asked the Joint Committee on Election Laws to report Senate Bill 525 and House Bill 875 favorably. The bills would bar political spending in Massachusetts elections by corporations that are “foreign influenced,” requiring any corporation spending in state…
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