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Format: 05-25-2013
Format: 05-25-2013
Testimony on Proposed Campaign Finance Reform to the IDC
I thank the committee for this opportunity to present testimony on the IDC’s campaign finance reform proposal. This testimony is submitted on behalf of myself and Miles Rapoport, President of Demos...
May 2, 2013 | Testimony |
Mijin Cha
Fresh Start: The Impact of Public Campaign Financing in Connecticut
Connecticut has offered a voluntary public financing system for state-wide constitutional and General Assembly offices since 2008. Through financing from the Citizens' Election Fund, candidates that...
April 19, 2013 | Report |
J. Mijin Cha
Miles Rapoport
Demos Testimony in Support of the New York Attorney General’s Proposed Regulations to Reform Disclosure of Nonprofits’ Electioneering Activities
Demos strongly supports the Attorney General's proposal to require 501(c)(4) organizations that spend at least $10,000 to influence New York state and local elections to disclose the identity of...
February 27, 2013 | Testimony |
Liz Kennedy
Anthony Kammer
New York Needs Fair Elections Now
Problem: In the 2012 election cycle, state-level candidates and parties raised more than $108 million.1 All that money sways the decisions our leaders make from what’s best for New Yorkers to what’s...
January 30, 2013 | Policy Brief |
Demos
Billion-Dollar Democracy: The Unprecedented Role of Money in the 2012 Elections
The first presidential election since Citizens United lived up to its hype, with unprecedented outside spending from new sources making headlines. Demos and U.S. PIRG Education Fund analysis of...
January 17, 2013 | Report |
Adam Lioz
Blair Bowie
Democracy at Stake: Political Equality in the Super PAC Era
David Gregory of NBC’s Meet the Press recently asked Newt Gingrich if he had any advice for a future presidential candidate. Without missing a beat, the former Speaker of the House answered in five...
November 19, 2012 | Policy Brief |
Adam Lioz
Liz Kennedy
Election Spending 2012: Post-Election Analysis of Federal Election Commission Data
A new analysis of data through Election Day from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and other sources by U.S. PIRG and Demos shows how big outside spenders drowned out small contributions in 2012...
November 9, 2012 | Policy Brief |
Adam Lioz
Blair Bowie
Election Spending 2012: A Pre-Election Analysis of Federal Election Commission Data
A new analysis of pre-election data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and other sources by U.S. PIRG and Demos shows that outside spending in the first presidential election since Citizens...
November 2, 2012 | Policy Brief |
Adam Lioz
Blair Bowie
Citizens Actually United: The Bi-Partisan Opposition to Corporate Political Spending And Support for Common Sense Reform
Americans of all political backgrounds agree: there is way too much corporate money in politics. Nine in 10 Americans (89%) agree with that statement, and 51 percent strongly agree. More than 80...
October 25, 2012 | Policy Brief |
Liz Kennedy
Million-Dollar Megaphones: Super PACs and Unlimited Outside Spending in the 2012 Elections
Although each major party presidential candidate will likely break previous fundraising records, the big story of the 2012 election has been the role of Super PACs, nonprofits and outside spending...
August 2, 2012 | Report |
Adam Lioz
Blair Bowie