Reform Group Launches Ad Campaign to Get Corporations to Disclose Political Spending

A corporate reform coalition has begun a public information campaign to try to recruit U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White to their cause to get Big and Unregulated Money out of politics. The coalition has begun a big advertisement blitz to push the SEC to enact a rule requiring corporations to disclose their political spending.

"Disclosure of political spending is required for labor organizations," CWA Senior Director George Kohl said. "SEC Chair Mary Jo White should make the same requirement for corporations."

Commuters and travelers entering and exiting Washington's Union Station, a major transit hub near the SEC's headquarters, will see comic strip-style illustrations of frightened investors and voters calling on White to save them from monsters that have taken shareholder democracy hostage. White is depicted as a superhero who can rescue them from political spending threatening their investments.

The ads will be promoted by a social media campaign centered around #WhereIsMJW and an animated video.