Voter Blog
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Apr11
Who Will Grill Gina McCarthy Today?
As EPA nominee Gina McCarthy prepares to take the floor for her hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today, many media outlets have been reporting that she is likely to face heavy criticism from opponents of the EPA, using the hearing on her nomination as what a representative of the Natural Resources Defense Council called “an unfortunate proxy for criticism of EPA by the agency's most virulent critics.”
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Apr11
Clips Round-up for 4/11/13
Great op-ed from Jonathan Soros in the Albany Times-Union today on the need for a comprehensive campaign reform package in NY that includes public financing: "No single change can eliminate corruption in Albany. There will always be those brazen or craven enough to break whatever laws exist.
Apr10VIDEO: Fair Elections Rally in NYC
Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart was in New York City last week for a Rally for Fair Elections attended by hundreds of activists from around the city. Watch the video below of Nick's conversations with several speakers at the event:
Apr09NYT: Public Financing Required to Fight Corruption
The New York Times is out with an editorial today on what reform in Albany must look like in the wake of yet another wave or corruption in New York politics. It's simple: changing Albany and fighting corruption requires public financing of elections.
Apr09Clips Round-up for 4/9/13
NYT editorial out this morning responding to the recent scandals in New York: "Of all the proposed reforms, the most critical is to open up elections so that voters have real choices. And that means creating a workable public financing system to encourage more candidates to come forward, much as New York City did almost 25 years ago."
Apr08Remembering Anne Smedinghoff
No doubt many of you read this weekend of the violent death in Afghanistan of a young American foreign service officer, Anne Smedinghoff. Her passing rang an especially sad note for current and former staff at Public Campaign who remember her as a college intern with us during the summer of 2007.
Apr08Clips Round-up for 4/8/13
On a personal note, we at Public Campaign were heartbroken to learn this weekend that Anne Smedinghoff, who interned with us back in the summer of 2007, was one of the Americans killed in Afghanistan this weekend.
Apr08This Week in Voter Suppression: North Carolina
Heather McGhee, the Vice President of Policy and Outreach at Demos and a Public Campaign board member, joined The Nation's Ari Berman on Melissa Harris Parry Saturday to discuss the latest efforts by North Carolina lawmakers to make it harder to vote, which Ari wrote about last week.
Apr05Clips Round-up for 4/5/13
An important story at Huffington Post about efforts in North Carolina to gut the state's popular judicial public financing program. Art Pope, who financed the Republican takeover of the state and has never liked the program, was recently named the governor's budget director. The governor's budget cuts the program.
Apr04