New Jersey and New York City election results show that voters expect more than a big bank account.

The Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act (S. 482) is an important piece of legislation that would require Senate candidates to submit their campaign finance forms electronically. The bill will likely be up for a vote in the Senate in the coming weeks and it needs your support!

The Center for Governmental Studies has released a new report "Public Campaign Financing in North Carolina Judiciary: Balancing The Scales (2009)."

A little while back our two Public Campaign interns, Faye Yuan and Sarah Pinsky, attended the annual Campus Progress conference, an event put on by the Center for American Progress that builds on the involvement of young people in the political process. Given the focus of Clean Elections on encouraging involvement among people from all walks of life in politics, we thought this would be a good event for them to attend. After the jump, their report from the conference.

While the official reports aren't due at the Federal Election Commission until October 15, candidates are bragging already about the big bucks they are raking in. Hillary Clinton raised $27 million, all but $5 million of it for her primary race. Obama raised $20 million. Congressional candidates are also starting to talk big about their fundraising prowess, as if this is the main thing that matters when running a political race.

The hot campaign news these days is all about small donors recharging the political landscape, and is sure to be part of the story when candidates file their third quarter reports in mid-October. Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) already got headlines for breaking records by raising nearly a third of his contributions from donors giving $200 or less.

But make no mistake about it: big donors still dominate.