Political scientists following Connecticut’s state legislative races say that the state’s Citizens’ Election Program has helped candidates in the state to run effective campaigns. In contrast, candidates competing for federal…
Deep public concern about the health of the American political process is pushing Democratic representatives to propose major changes. Their agenda, should they prevail in the midterms, is passing a…
The LA City Council has granted preliminary approval, by a vote of 10-0, for rule changes that would ease qualifying thresholds and increase the amount of money available to candidates…
Even with outside groups spending millions of dollars in support of her opponents, Maine Independent gubernatorial candidate Terry Hayes continues to use Maine’s public finance system for her campaign. The…
A proposal for small donor public campaign funding, will be on the city’s November ballot. The proposal would allow candidates to run on the strength of their ideas rather than…
Finishing the Job Teddy Roosevelt Started: Public Financing of Elections Andrew Cuomo Huffington Post May 6, 2014 A little over a century ago, newly elected Governor Theodore Roosevelt arrived in…
The war against American citizens Katrina vanden Heuvel Washington Post April 8, 2014 In 1971, before becoming a Supreme Court justice, Lewis F. Powell Jr. penned a memo to his friend Eugene…