public financing

Public Campaign President Testifies on the Lincoln Act

Public Campaign President and CEO Nick Nyhart testified before the Illinois Reform Commission on March 5, 2009 in Chicago.



PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA AND PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS

Throughout his career, beginning as an Illinois state senator and extending through his current presidential campaign, President-Elect Barack Obama has been a consistent advocate of legislation to cre


Public Financing of Statewide Campaigns (HB 6)

Public Financing of Statewide Campaigns Act (HB 6), signed into law by Governor Richardson in April 2007, implements a system of public financing for statewide judicial races.



California Clean Money Campaign

AB 583, the California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act, authored by Clean Money champion Assemblymember Loni Hancock (D-East Bay), is now moving through the legislature thanks partially to an outcr



Clean Money, Clean Elections Act (H.R. 1614)

Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) introduced the Clean Money, Clean Elections Act (H.R. 1614) in 2007.



The Impact of Public Finance Laws on Fundraising in State Legislative Elections

This study examines two questions. First, does public funding reduce the time that candidates devote to fundraising?



Study Commissions as Organizing Strategy

Several states have adopted a new method to advance campaign finance reform and a public financing agenda -- blue-ribbon study commissions comprised of prominent individuals appointed by the legislatu



Syndicate content