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Apr20
Clips Round-up for 4/20/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
YNN: Campaign finance reform -
Apr16
Clips Round-up for 4/16/12
On Sunday, the New York Times editorial page urged Gov. Cuomo and the New York legislature to move forward with Fair Elections: "While New York waits for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to keep his promise to reform its election system, some powerful New Yorkers are stepping into the vacuum.
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Apr06
Clips Round-up for 4/6/12
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Capital Times: Ethics reforms needed for Congress
Wisconsin State Rep. Mark Pocan is running for Tammy Baldwin's congressional seat and has a plan for reforming government, which includes the Fair Elections Now Act. -
Mar09
Clips Round-up for 3/9/12
Hey, are you in DC? Want to hang out with all the cool kids in the open government community? Join us Sunlight Foundation, Public Campaign and a whole slew of others on Wednesday at the Press Club.
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Dec22
Clips Round-up for 12/22/11
This will (likely) be the last clips report of 2011. Thanks for reading--see you on the other side!
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
When is a lobbyist not a lobbyist
Interesting piece from Howard Marlowe on the need to close the lobbyist loophole.
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Nov14
Clips Round-up 11/14/2011
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
The Campaign Jungle
The NYT is not pleased with candidate super PACs: "The time has come for the Department of Justice to step in and pursue criminal complaints against the candidate PACs. Limits on spending used to prevent donations from becoming outright bribes, but now the limits are gone, and the path to corruption is clear."
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Oct04
Clips Round-up for 10/4/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
State for sale
Do read Jane Meyer's article on North Carolina conservative millionaire Art Pope and his money that helped reshape politics in the state.
An open letter to election reformers on the left -
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Jul27