The Baltimore Sun editorial board supports legislation introduced in the City Council that will provide $2.5 million in funding for a local public financing program from the city’s tax on…
Mike Bloomberg and Tom Steyer’s decisions to end their respective self-financed presidential campaigns “is hardly proof that money doesn’t matter,” write the Brennan Center’s Chisun Lee and Dan Weiner. In…
A panel of elected officials and good government advocates convened on Tuesday to discuss the impact of Citizens United. The panel applauded Connecticut’s public financing system, the Citizens’ Election Program.…
Marking the tenth anniversary of Citizens United, Democracy 21’s Fred Wertheimer writes that the damage done by that Supreme Court decision “has made the Watergate campaign finance scandals … look…
Maplight released a report on the impact of public financing on Berkeley’s most recent local elections. The report found that the city’s Fair Elections program had a profound impact on…
On Monday, the Baltimore City Council passed legislation to create a public financing program for local elections. Unless the mayor rejects the bill – a reportedly unlikely scenario - the…
In Seattle’s most recent city council elections, Amazon spent a total of $1.5 million. Despite inundating the elections with corporate cash, Amazon and other Chamber of Commerce donors failed to…
Baltimore resident Naba Wahid writes that the creation of a Fair Election Fund for city elections will be particularly beneficial to women running for office. A committee of the City…
Candidate for DC City Council Ward 4, Janeese Lewis George, is participating in the city’s new public financing program for the 2020 cycle. George praises the system for its promise…
District 4 Supervisor Gordon Mar says the recent enhancements to San Francisco’s public financing program will encourage candidates to run for office with grassroots support. This reform was desperately needed:…