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Clippings: More scrutiny as NBA owners hide political donations

You probably don’t need to be reminded at this point, but Tuesday is Election Day in the United States. If you are eligible to vote and registered, and you haven’t voted yet, get ready to do your civic duty.

Amidst a truly significant presidential election and a slew of propositions to vote up or down in California, financial donations to politicians and political groups and causes are being scrutinized in a way they’ve scarcely been before, and that’s having a knock-on effect.

While recent reports detailing personal political donations among NBA team owners have revealed LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has made the most political contributions over the last five years among that group, to the tune of nearly $8 million, there’s tons of dark money, which can’t be traced, sloshing around.