2012
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Jan18
BREAKING NY NEWS: Strong Fair Elections Supporter Prevails in Critical State Senate Race
This morning Fair Elections supporter Cecilia Tkaczyk officially became the newest state senator in New York, after all the votes were finally counted. Cecilia Tkaczyk's victory is a major boost to the campaign for publicly financed Fair Elections in New York.
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Dec20
2012 Public Campaign Holiday Video
Everyone at Public Campaign wishes you a wonderful holiday season and very happy New Year!
Check out this year's holiday video:
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Nov02
Clips round up for 11/2/2012
Tom Hamburger at WaPo: "It is no accident that much of the record spending in this year’s election, now funding an avalanche of last-minute ads across the country, comes from groups with a strong interest in shaping federal tax rules. Tax reform is likely to be at the top of the agenda for the next Congress. And the topic ranks as the No.
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Sep19
Declaration for Accountable Democracy
Public Campaign Action Fund, Public Citizen, Common Cause, and People For The American Way--organizations representing hundreds of thousands of concerned citizens—announced a new campaign today urging federal candidates to declare their support for legislation to restore transparency and accountability in political spending, limit corrosive influence of big money on campaigns, make elections fair, and enhance the opportunity to participate.
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Sep13
Obama's Big Money Bundlers
While President Obama may preach the importance of grassroots donors, he has become increasingly reliant on big money bundlers. The Obama campaign consistently touts those that chip in $5, $10, even $75 dollars, arguing that they are the ones who "make the difference" in email blasts. But it's Hollywood elites, financial heavyweights, and business associates who give big bucks that are being lavished with attention.
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Sep05
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Sep04
DNC's Good, Not Great Campaign Finance Reform Platform
The Democratic Party released their convention platform yesterday, calling for many important campaign finance reform measures.
From the platform:
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Jul05
Clips Round-up for 7/5/12
At the top of the clips today: The New York Times Magazine published "Can the Democrats Catch up in the Super-PAC Game?" an excellent look behind the scenes of today's super PAC fundraising via the Obama-backing Priorities USA Action and its struggle to keep up with well-heeled conservative super PACs.
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Jun13
Clips Round-up for 6/13/12
Great op-ed in New York from Sierra Club and WE ACT for Environmental Justice: "As advocates for the environment and environmental justice, we see many causes for concern these days, from the quickening pace of global warming to the frenzied pursuit of fracking.
Jun07Clips Round-up for 6/7/12
In response to the Wisconsin results, Public Campaign Action Fund's David Donnelly told the Washington Post yesterday that, "This is just another example of big money winning. The strategic question is whether we just have people complain about it, or are we going to fix some of these problems in our campaign-finance laws?