Left-wing dark money is being dumped into Nevada to enshrine abortion and ranked-choice voting into the state’s constitution, according to a new report.
The revelation was disclosed in third-quarter campaign finance data reported by The Nevada Independent on Friday. The analysis shows large swaths of cash being poured into organizations seeking to sway voters into passing these proposals appearing on the Silver State ballot this November.
As my colleague Jordan Boyd previously reported, “Abortion in Nevada is currently permitted at any point in gestation as long as ‘the physician has reasonable cause to believe an abortion is necessary to preserve the life or health of the pregnant person.’” The proposal known as Question 6, however, seeks to enshrine unlimited unborn baby-killing in the state constitution by creating a “fundamental right to an abortion.”
Campaign finance data reported by The Nevada Independent shows Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom — the political action committee behind the extreme initiative — raised roughly $6.6 million last quarter in support of the measure’s passage. The outlet disclosed how some of the group’s biggest donations came from prominent left-wing dark money organizations such as Advocacy Action Fund ($2 million) and the Tides Foundation ($312,500).
According to the nonprofit research database GuideStar, Advocacy Action Fund “focuses on grantmaking” for so-called “social welfare” initiatives, especially those with an “environmental” or pro-abortion purpose. The Tides Foundation similarly acts as a prominent donor that doles out grants to left-wing nonprofits and causes.
The data showed Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom also received $1 million
