Public Integrity Group Gives South Carolina an 'F'
Palmetto State ranks last along with five others.
The Center for Public Integrity, a government watchdog group that monitors, among other things, transparency in campaign financing, has given South Carolina an “F” on its latest report card. The states were asked the five questions below and given grades on their responses: South Carolina received the lowest possible score, a zero. Only five other states were as low—Alabama, Indiana, New Mexico, New York and North Dakota. The report notes that most states have less stringent campaign finance reporting rules and they often receive less media coverage. View the full report here. In the Palmetto State, groups not linked to a candidate are not required to disclose how much was given to them or by whom. Nor are they required to disclose how …
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stanley seigler
10:08 pm on Friday, May 17, 2013
@Tom Martin tom conflates issues...eg; it's not about which is the bluest state...so what MA/MD bluer than CA...so compare SC to MA/MD repeating some comments in post @drury: the original point was/is per capita economic, metrics, comparison between a redred state and a blublue state (eg, SC v MA, CA, MD)... might give pause to consider political leanings... this was clouded/lost in distractions… more ›