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

As a citizen who votes and who is very concerned about the influence that various parties and groups may have on voters, I urge that the SEC and its commissioners 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.
Moreover, many businesses pressure their employees on political issues and these employees deserve to have the public know what political candidates and groups their firms are providing financing to.

Linda Carroll