
Progressive group launches $3.2 million advertising buy to push federal voting law
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A liberal group is launching a $3.2 million advertising campaign this week to build public support for a federal campaign finance and voting bill that advocates argue would help counter efforts in Republican-controlled states to restrict access to the ballot.
The ad from End Citizens United -- shared first with CNN -- ticks through changes to voting, ethics and campaign finance rules that could come about if Congress passed the "For the People Act." "It's time for the people to win," the narrator concludes.
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