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As our elections become increasingly flooded with special interest money, Americans have lost hope in our democracy. We are a group of concerned citizens committed to making our elections more accountable. By running campaigns that incentivize candidates to take reform pledges that bring greater accountability to their own campaign practices, we generate models of reform that demonstrate its possibility and underscore its value.

Great event being hosted by our friends at California Common Cause this Wednesday evening in Berkeley...hope to see you ...
11/28/2016

Great event being hosted by our friends at California Common Cause this Wednesday evening in Berkeley...hope to see you there!

http://act-ca.commoncause.org/site/Calendar?id=104666&view=Detail

Join state and national leaders of the government reform movement as they discuss how major California victories in 2016 are pushing the nationwide democracy agenda forward.

Larry Noble of The Campaign Legal Center: “The whole thing makes a mockery of the disclosure system”
11/02/2016

Larry Noble of The Campaign Legal Center: “The whole thing makes a mockery of the disclosure system”

Trump and others have found a way to mask where their money goes by funneling it through consulting firms.

From the Los Angeles Times: In "individuals can give $4,200 per election to a legislative campaign, more than legal li...
10/24/2016

From the Los Angeles Times: In "individuals can give $4,200 per election to a legislative campaign, more than legal limits for donating to congressional candidates. But if the same person decides to instead support Assembly or Senate candidates by donating to a political party, the maximum they can give soars to $35,200.

It’s true that political party leaders could spread that money around to several candidates, but they also can funnel it all to a single candidate — thus allowing wealthy donors to have a much larger role than promised under the law."

"So who made that legal? Chances are, you did."

Donations made to a candidate for the state Assembly or Senate are usually a small part of California’s political money machine, a function of the relatively low limits on the size of contributions.

Super PACs have raised a record almost $1.1 billion this cycle. USA TODAY reports: "That surpasses the $846.8 million th...
09/24/2016

Super PACs have raised a record almost $1.1 billion this cycle.

USA TODAY reports: "That surpasses the $846.8 million that poured into these groups during the entire 2012 election cycle, the first presidential race in which super PACs operated. Nearly half the money — $500.8 million — flowing to super PACs in this election came from 62 individuals, companies and unions that gave $3 million or more apiece"

Just 62 people and groups account for nearly half the total raised.

In this special report The Guardian confirms just how badly our campaign finance system is working post- . Definitely wo...
09/15/2016

In this special report The Guardian confirms just how badly our campaign finance system is working post- . Definitely worth a read.

Sealed Wisconsin court documents from Scott Walker investigation expose extent of corporate influence on democratic process rarely seen by the public

08/15/2016

We're watching closely as Kevin de León and Senator Ricardo Lara consider amendments to , the California DISCLOSE Act. Will they take a strong stand against dark money, or will they allow the bill to get watered down and let secret donors continue to hide?

http://us13.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5116210bd2bfdba8e7d82757a&id=7eb3176d95&e=[UNIQID]

Reform-Focused Independent-Expenditure Committee Watches Closely as Landmark Disclosure Bill Undergoes Amendment Process

The federal appeals court made it all that much easier for super PACs to confuse voters: "The decision appears to break ...
08/03/2016

The federal appeals court made it all that much easier for super PACs to confuse voters:

"The decision appears to break down another of the rather flimsy barriers between candidates and ostensibly unconnected super PACs supporting those candidates but raising donations in unlimited amounts"

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the Federal Election Commission appeared to have violated the First Amendment.

The and their network of 400 donors met this past weekend to strategize which races to invest their enormous warchest ...
08/01/2016

The and their network of 400 donors met this past weekend to strategize which races to invest their enormous warchest on. They remain committed to not getting involved in the presidential race.

The powerful political network helmed by Charles and David Koch is ruling out running advertisements intended to hurt Hillary Clinton, another sign of their insistence on avoiding the presidential race.

"Under the party’s new fundraising policy, detailed by the Washington Post in February, lobbyists cannot participate in ...
07/27/2016

"Under the party’s new fundraising policy, detailed by the Washington Post in February, lobbyists cannot participate in Democratic National Committee (DNC) events with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden or their wives. But lobbyists can attend party events with White House staffers, according to a MapLight review of DNC emails. The messages were part of the nearly 20,000 emails from hacked DNC accounts that were released by WikiLeaks on Friday."

  President Obama with White House Political Advisor David Simas / Getty Images    July 26, 2016 - Under the Democratic party’s new fundraising policy, detailed by the Washington Post in February, lobbyists cannot participate in DNC events with President Obama, Vic...

From The Huffington Post: and nonprofit groups have already spent at least $101 million in most of the states hosting...
07/13/2016

From The Huffington Post:

and nonprofit groups have already spent at least $101 million in most of the states hosting contested Senate races that will determine which party controls the chamber in 2017...More than half of the Senate outside spending this cycle ― $54 million ― has come from these [nonprofit] groups.

And Republicans are outpacing Democrats in a number of key states.

Spending Becoming More Bipartisan http://www.bna.com/super-pac-spending-n73014444062/ via Bloomberg BNA“More money is ...
07/13/2016

Spending Becoming More Bipartisan http://www.bna.com/super-pac-spending-n73014444062/ via Bloomberg BNA

“More money is moving to super PACs because they don’t have finance limits....It’s not surprising that the same lobbying that occurs with inside money would happen with outside money too.”

Groups simultaneously funding Republican and Democratic super political action committees are becoming increasingly common, a Bloomberg BNA analysis of Federal Election Commission reports has...

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