Mike Deans of Common Cause Minnesota assails the current campaign finance system in which millions of dollars are flowing into candidate's campaign coffers, much of it from corporate or special interests. He argues that it's time for the Fair Elections Now Act.

"Does anybody want to talk about campaign finance reform?" That's just what Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) said at the opening ceremonies for the National Conference for Media Reform (NCRM) held this past weekend in Minneapolis by Free Press. The conference was preceded by Democracy Day, a one day event organized by FairVote. And we did just what Rep. Ellison asked.

John Bonifaz and Jacob Soboroff, advisory board member and Executive Director, respectively, of the election reform project Why Tuesday? have been talking recently about Clean Elections programs as a part of their larger examination of what needs fixing with elections in the country.