Soros. Is any of what he has donated (now or in past) in US elections illegal or somehow corrupt?

I've got someone (claims no party affiliation, yeah, right) trying to provoke me with Soros comments.
Today I was given a link to this, but I don't see what's wrong with what Soros has done. And is the article claiming the Koch Bros are NOT evil billionaires puppeteering this election?
It's an examiner site and I know some of you won't go there and it's not too long so here goes:

You know who was a big loser in this election? George Soros.
By: Mark Hemingway
Commentary Staff Writer
11/03/10 4:45 PM EDT

While Democrats went out of their way to portray the Koch brothers as evil billionaires puppeteering this election, I’d venture they feel pretty good about the outcome. However, after last night I’d venture that that George Soros is one unhappy Hungarian.

Where the Kochs stood accused of funding some well-known grassroots political groups, Soros has been heavily invested in some pretty shady attempts at electioneering for Democrats. And fortunately, these efforts aren’t going very well.

The first notable thing is Soros’ funding of the Secretary of State Project — which is basically an attempt to elect Secretaries of State around the country willing to impose Democratic-friendly election laws in an attempt to tilt the playing field in their favor on election day.

Well, yesterday Republicans won 17 of 26 races for Secretary of State taking six of those offices (Arkansas, Ohio, New Mexico, Colorado, Iowa and Kansas) from Democrats. Republicans now control 25 offices to Democrats 22.

And then there was Soros’ backing of a measure in California to put control of redistricting back in the hands of the state legislature, a move that would obviously benefit Democrats. It failed, while another measure to give California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission increased authority over redrawing congressional districts:

California voters approved a ballot measure financed largely by Charles Munger Jr., son of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s Charles Munger, that strips California lawmakers of responsibility for drawing the boundaries of congressional districts.

Proposition 20 was winning 65 percent to 35 percent, with 17 percent of precincts counted, according to the Associated Press. The measure puts the task of reshaping the districts represented by California’s 53 members of the House of Representatives into the hands of a Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Proposition 27, a competing measure backed by billionaire George Soros, unions and Democratic Party leaders to disband the commission and return districting powers to lawmakers, was losing, 61 percent to 39 percent.

I’m sure Soros will keep pushing his agenda, but for now, two big ticket items of his have been stymied.

undisclosed multinational corporations running the chamber of commerce are not.


big difference there.

so there's really nothing here. and I'm just checking to make sure I'm right before stepping in something. thanks.

It sounds to me like he was donating to good causes...all of the listed are to make elections available to all, thats why your unaffiliated friend sees them as conspirial...they'll put an end to the rights disenfranchisement methods...

Secretary of State Project. :)

that is an important position for keeping our voting rights...in fact that is the first position I look for in the local races to see if a repub got in or not...and yes ours stayed Dem...but man he's getting old...

...the 'cans would be pointing to him as a role model. Instead they get their BVDs in a twist -- like there are no donors funding the GOP and the right wing in general.