A new super PAC called the Chicago Leadership Committee spent more than $165K to support Paul Vallas’s campaign for mayor, though its donors remain a mystery. RFI Executive Director Alisa Kaplan spoke with the Chicago Tribune about the need for reform:…
Read MoreAld. Matt Martin (47th) introduced a resolution in the Chicago City Council to hold a hearing on ranked-choice voting, and RFI ED Alisa Kaplan was interviewed by Block Club Chicago about RFI’s support for RCV. “Because women, people of color…
Read MoreRFI ED Alisa Kaplan joined John Howell of WLS Radio to discuss the benefits of public financing and how it has successfully been implemented in other cities across the country. “Let’s say you want to donate $10 to a candidate…
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Sun-Times: City Council’s Committee on Ethics and Oversight heard testimony on Monday from RFI Executive Director Alisa Kaplan and New York City Councilmember Shahana Hanif about how public campaign financing would transform Chicago’s political landscape. “Fair elections…
Read More“What kind of tax policies do they benefit from (or loopholes they exploit)? Who do they owe money to and how much? Who do they do business with? How have they managed their businesses? How much do they donate to…
Read MoreRFI ED Alisa Kaplan joined John Howell of WLS Radio to discuss the role of dark money in electing the only Republican Cook County official and how Illinois could adopt laws to increase campaign finance disclosure. “If you want to…
Read MoreRFI ED Alisa Kaplan spoke with Crain’s Chicago Business about the involvement of dark money in reelecting Cook County’s only countywide Republican and the need for Illinois to implement laws to address these mysterious donations. “It shouldn’t be this hard…
Read MoreRFI ED Alisa Kaplan spoke with the Illinois Times about state Rep. Tim Butler’s resignation, which is effective exactly one day before a new ethics law goes into effect in Illinois. “The legislature did not pass the law that they…
Read MoreRFI ED Alisa Kaplan spoke with the Chicago Tribune about the impact of Evanston’s passage of ranked choice voting on future election reform. “Evanston is a place that has led on a lot of exciting political innovations, and now it’s…
Read MoreRFI ED Alisa Kaplan spoke to The Center Square about positive changes incoming with the passage of ranked choice voting. “[Candidates] do not need to place their hopes with the extreme left or with the extreme right. They can appeal…
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