Public Campaign Financing

Democrats Worried About Big Money Skewing Congressional Races: Organize Online, and Do It Now

Colin Delany | Posted 05.21.2012

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Colin Delany

Big money can dominate the airwaves, and embattled campaigns will need plenty of cash to balance it out. But they can also use bodies and brains -- the ones belonging to their supporters.

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Money Is Corrupting Our Elections -- It Can Be Stopped

Ed Koch | Posted 04.24.2012

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Ed Koch

When the New York Leadership for Accountable Government committee meets, I will provide it with all my energy and experience to help bring to the state of New York what New York City has already adopted.

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Goodbye To Federal Funding For 2012 Candidates

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.31.2011

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NEW YORK — A cornerstone of U.S. politics since the 1970s, public funding of presidential campaigns may soon go the way of other relics of the e...

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Will the Supreme Court Vote for Speech?

Jessica Levinson | Posted 05.30.2011

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Jessica Levinson

This week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that will likely determine the constitutional bounds of public campaign financing programs across the country.

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Stanford, Madoff Scandals Show Need for Campaign Finance Reform

Duncan Quirk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Duncan Quirk

Senators and Representatives are elected to represent their constituents, so why should Madoff and Stanford and others be allowed to donate to campaigns for which they are not constituents?

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