An effective new public matching funds system in which citizens direct the distribution of public funds to candidates would fundamentally change the way our campaigns are financed. The system would decrease the opportunities for corruption of federal officeholders and government decisions, and provide candidates with an alternative means for financing their elections without being obligated to special interest funders. Most importantly, the system would restore citizens to their rightful pre-eminent place in our democracy
In this article, legal scholar Richard Briffault traces the history of public funding of presidentia...
Carnegie Corporation sees the troubling relationship between money and politics as one of the sympto...
For more than two decades, law and policy in the area of campaign finance reform have been framed by...
New York State is considering a system of public campaign financing for state elections similar to t...
Traditional public financing of campaigns is in trouble. Successful candidates have increasingly rej...
Political contribution incentive programs are a promising, under-explored means to address the probl...
Campaign finance reform stands as one of the most important issues in today’s modern elections. From...
Our existing federal campaign finance system – the product of Watergate Era legislation and the Sup...
Evidence compiled by the Institute over the last decade from all 50 states demonstrates that underst...
Since 2010, outside spending in state elections has increased dramatically, according a report by th...
This Article uses the U.S. Supreme Court\u27s recent opinion in McConnell v. FEC to argue that the l...
Recent United States Supreme Court decisions have undermined the viability of campaign public financ...
The author begins by stating the importance of monetary contribution to a campaign and points out th...
Lack of participation is a primary problem with money in politics. Relatively few people make politi...
Campaign finance laws were passed with the intent to prevent large sums of money from entering the e...
In this article, legal scholar Richard Briffault traces the history of public funding of presidentia...
Carnegie Corporation sees the troubling relationship between money and politics as one of the sympto...
For more than two decades, law and policy in the area of campaign finance reform have been framed by...
New York State is considering a system of public campaign financing for state elections similar to t...
Traditional public financing of campaigns is in trouble. Successful candidates have increasingly rej...
Political contribution incentive programs are a promising, under-explored means to address the probl...
Campaign finance reform stands as one of the most important issues in today’s modern elections. From...
Our existing federal campaign finance system – the product of Watergate Era legislation and the Sup...
Evidence compiled by the Institute over the last decade from all 50 states demonstrates that underst...
Since 2010, outside spending in state elections has increased dramatically, according a report by th...
This Article uses the U.S. Supreme Court\u27s recent opinion in McConnell v. FEC to argue that the l...
Recent United States Supreme Court decisions have undermined the viability of campaign public financ...
The author begins by stating the importance of monetary contribution to a campaign and points out th...
Lack of participation is a primary problem with money in politics. Relatively few people make politi...
Campaign finance laws were passed with the intent to prevent large sums of money from entering the e...
In this article, legal scholar Richard Briffault traces the history of public funding of presidentia...
Carnegie Corporation sees the troubling relationship between money and politics as one of the sympto...
For more than two decades, law and policy in the area of campaign finance reform have been framed by...