During the Public Campaign Financing Commission’s September 18 hearing in Albany, former upstate New York congressional candidate Dana Balter explained why public financing is so important from a candidate’s perspective. …
Gaby Nair, Nnamdi Lumumba, and Owen Silverman Andrews – leaders from several Baltimore political groups – authored an op-ed encouraging action on legislation in the City Council that would establish…
New York Representative Jerrold Nadler authored an op-ed urging the Public Campaign Financing Commission to establish a $6-to-$1 small donor matching program for the state. The congressman writes, “I believe…
Outside the Public Campaign Financing Commission’s Albany hearing, members of the Fair Elections for New York coalition rallied in support of a $6-to-$1 match program for the state. Public financing…
Advocates and elected officials from New York and neighboring Connecticut attended the Public Campaign Financing Commission’s Albany hearing to encourage the nine-member panel to recommend a $6-to-$1 match program. Connecticut…
A Baltimore City Council committee is considering legislation to create a voluntary small donor public financing system on Tuesday, fulfilling the wish of voters who passed a ballot measure to…
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved legislation to triple the public financing program’s match rate to $6-to-$1 and lower the individual contribution limit to $150. The legislation would…
The Maryland Public Interest Research Group Foundation has published its findings on the first election cycle of Montgomery County’s public financing program. The research shows that candidates for county council…
San Francisco’s public financing program, once a national model, has become one of the weakest such programs in the country. The city’s Board of Supervisors will consider a proposal this…
One clear takeaway from the Public Campaign Financing Commission’s first hearing: the expert community largely agrees on a match of at least $6-to-$1 for New York state’s program. Many also…