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How Tax-Exempt Nonprofits Skirt US Law to Turn Out the Democrat Base in Elections

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How Tax-Exempt Nonprofits Skirt US Law to Turn Out the Democrat Base in Elections
Election workers sort vote-by-mail ballots for the presidential primary at King County Elections in Renton, Wash., on March 10, 2020. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images
Steve Miller
RealClearInvestigations
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Even as Democrats such as Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse warn of a “right-wing dark-money network seeking to undermine the future of democratic elections in the United States,” progressives have far outstripped Republicans in harnessing the power of putatively nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations that push the boundaries to win elections.
Steve Miller is an author and journalist. After spending 12 years as an indie musician, Miller began his journalism career as a courts and cops reporter at the Dallas Morning News and as a national reporter at the Washington Times. He has worked as a national correspondent for The Daily Beast, People magazine, High Times, U.S. News and World Report, RealClearInvestigations, and several alternative weeklies including Houston Press and Miami New Times.
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