From: Elizabeth Desmarais
Sent: March 19, 2016
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: RE: Disclosure Effectiveness Review

To me, of all the ills this country faces today, the effects of the Citizens United ruling are the most grave. Giving corporations the go-ahead to buy elections is heinous; that they are allowed to do this in secret is even worse.

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.

Elisabeth DESMARAIS