Via The Brennan Center for Justice: “The spectacle of the 2016 election is riveting, that’s for sure. But behind the gaffes and rallies — and hair — there is something different, and deeply disturbing, about this election. To a degree…
Read MoreVia The Hill: “On the heels of revealing big fundraising numbers, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says his campaign is “in this to the finish.” “Oh, well there’s no question about it. And I think what the results today show is…
Read MoreVia CNBC: “A mass shooting in rural Oregon has once again touched off a furious debate over gun control and the constitutional right to bear arms. In a televised press conference, President Barack Obama condemned how “routine” the pattern of…
Read MoreVia Washington Post: “Bundling campaign donations is no longer just for the well-heeled and well-connected. Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign is launching a social crowd-funding platform this week that encourages small donors to set up mini-fundraising operations by dangling video…
Read MoreVia Huffington Post: “As the two leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination released their eye-popping fundraising totals for the last three months, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley worked instead on Thursday to illustrate how broken the campaign finance system is by…
Read MoreVia Huffington Post: “In a little over a month, Seattle voters will go to the polls with the opportunity to create a brand new, first-in-the-country system of publicly financed city elections. The Honest Elections Seattle ballot initiative, which is up for…
Read MoreVia New York Times: “Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont raised more than $24 million for his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in the last three months, a significant sum that was fueled by a torrid pace of online donations:…
Read MoreVia Bloomberg Politics: “Americans may be sharply divided on other issues, but they are united in their view of the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that unleashed a torrent of political spending: They hate it. In a new Bloomberg Politics national poll,…
Read MoreVia Mayday.us: “Voters of Every Political Stripe Agree on the Need for Fundamental Reform to the Campaign Finance System We just released a new presidential poll showing which candidates’ supporters care most about reforming how elections are funded. We found…
Read MoreVia Politico: “One of the three super PACs supporting Rand Paul’s presidential campaign has stopped raising money, dealing a damaging blow to an already cash-starved campaign. In a Tuesday telephone interview, Ed Crane, who oversees the group, PurplePAC, accused Paul…
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