From: Charlotte Fremaux
Sent: March 18, 2016
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: RE: Disclosure Effectiveness Review

Our democracy hardly exists these days, largely because of corporations exerting control over legislators by heavily funding their campaigns and influencing their votes. It is galling to me as a lifelong voter and participant in our democratic process, that my vote has so little clout. This is wrong for our country.

The SEC and its commissioners should continue to work on a rule requiring political disclosure from public companies, in the interests of their shareholders. Businesses should not be empowered to use backdoor political channels like nonprofits or associations to do their political bidding, and shareholders have a right to know how executives are using company resources for political purposes — especially if those purposes are against shareholders' interests.

Charlotte Fremaux