The Voters have spoken. They want big money out of campaigns for good. The following advisory referendum on yesterday’s ballot was overwhelmingly approved: “Should the City of Chicago or the State of Illinois reduce the influence of special interest money in…
Read MoreVia Common Cause As they made their choices in the most expensive mayoral election in the city’s history, Chicagoans also pleaded for relief from big money’s dominance of local and state politics, Common Cause said tonight. With over 80 percent…
Read MoreVia Chicagoist Campaign finance reform groups have tried, mostly in vain, since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision to stem the tide of big money being funneled into the political process. Super PACs have become the norm, as a smaller…
Read MoreVia The Fiscal Times The Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision and subsequent court rulings deregulating political spending have greatly increased the influence of corporate special interests. Today, corporations are among the leading underwriters of Washington politics and a dominant…
Read MoreVia boston.com When facing public disinterest, the cold shoulder from the news media, legions of incumbent politicians, a series of unfavorable Supreme Court decisions and more than $6 billion in entrenched interests; walking 150 miles through northern New Hampshire in…
Read MoreVia Huffington Post Our democracy is built on the core principle of a government of the people, by the people and for the people, where all of us get an equal say over who gets elected and the government decisions…
Read MoreVia Progress Illinois Chicago’s five mayoral candidates have received much of their financial support from large donors, shows a new campaign finance analysis released ahead of Tuesday’s municipal election by the Illinois PIRG Education Fund. The report’s findings are based on campaign finance data dating back to 2011 through December…
Read MoreVia The Chicago Sun-Times The five candidates running for Chicago mayor don’t agree on much, but they do see eye-to-eye on this: Our political system should give more weight to average voters. Four of the candidates support a citywide advisory…
Read MoreVia Pantagraph CHICAGO (AP) — Early voting turnout in Chicago is on track to rival numbers from 2011. Chicago Board of Election Commissioners chairman Langdon Neal said Friday that more than 57,000 Chicagoans voted early for Tuesday’s election, which includes…
Read MoreVia NPR As the presidential hopefuls chase after big donors, the Center for Responsive Politics brings us a quick look in the rearview mirror: The 2014 congressional midterm elections cost $3.77 billion, the center says, making them — no surprise…
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