Today, following Hawaii state legislators’ decision to pass a bill with bipartisan support to fight corporate and dark money spending in elections, Issue One released the following statement:

“With this legislation, Democratic and Republican legislators in Hawaii have blazed a new trail to curb the undue influence of big money in politics and end secret spending in campaigns,” said Issue One Director of Money in Politics Reform Michael Beckel.

Hawaii’s pioneering, bipartisan effort to fight corporate and dark money spending in elections is a model for rest of country