campaign-finance-reform
Poll finds bipartisan support for fixing campaign finance laws | Wednesday Morning Coffee
Three-quarters of Pa. voters believe that more money means more access to power.
America has the best politicians money can buy. Let ‘em show it | Frank DeFilippo
Let's treat our pols like NASCAR treats its drivers. Put sponsorships patches on their suits, so we know where they stand.
Pa. Democrat proposes banning controversial campaign fundraising tactic
Sen. Amanda Cappelletti, D-Delaware, announced plans for legislation prohibiting candidates from using prechecked boxes to default into recurring campaign contributions.
Advocacy groups need to quit the horse race, focus on better outcomes for us all | Ray E. Landis
Wins on bills are good. Fixing gerrymandering and campaign finance reform is even better.
Pennsylvania’s courts need more diversity, not dark money | Kadida Kenner
If Judge Lori Dumas wins a recount, she'll be the Commonwealth Court's first judge of color in more than a decade.
Politicians quit Congress, but their ‘zombie’ campaigns stagger on with millions in the bank
The FEC asked the zombies’ treasurers to clarify their plans for the committees and potentially pay back any charges that could be classified as personal expenses, which would be a misuse of campaign funds.
Toomey, Rendell’s call for term limits won’t fix our politics. These two moves will | Thursday Morning Coffee
Toomey, Rendell pitch term limits as a cure for our politics. It'll really take structural changes that neither would willingly embrace.
Campaign Finance 101: How big money influences our politics, and how small money could be an answer
Money is everywhere in American politics. It funds the campaign ads interrupting your streaming service, the glossy brochures clogging your mailbox, as well as the incessant buzzing of text messages imploring you to vote.
Why the left needs to abandon its zombie argument on toppling Citizens United | Bruce Ledewitz
Arguments about money in politics are a deflection on the left's failure to elect genuinely progressive candidates and enact genuinely progressive policies.