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The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform and Crain’s Chicago Business have teamed up to detail the amount of campaign finances each candidate for Illinois’ governor, U.S. Senate and Cook County…
As a result from the recession, over 40 states are facing budget shortfalls for the upcoming 2011 fiscal year that are as big as or bigger than this past year’s.
According to ElectionlineWeekly, Dan Tokaji, associate professor of law at Ohio State University, argues election administration reform efforts should shift from the rules governing elections to the institutions that govern them…
With the Supreme Court’s decision on the Citizens United case, large corporations gained a victory to make their voices dominate federal elections. …
The League of Women Voters, Common Cause, Democracy 21 and the U.S. PIRG issued a report card for the Executive Branch lobbying, ethics and transparency reforms by the Obama administration.
