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Category: Money in Politics

DISCLOSE Act Reintroduced in the U.S. House & Senate to Shine a Light on Dark Money

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023
Over $606 million dollars in Dark Money was poured into the 2022 midterm races by nonprofit groups, most of which do not disclose their donors. The DISCLOSE Act, just proposed again in the U.S. Senate, tries to shine a light on those donors.
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Democracy News Updates from New Hampshire, Wisconsin & North Carolina

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023
We’re updating breaking Democracy stories we’ve covered recently, ranging from Voter-Owned Elections in New Hampshire, to the Supreme Court elections in Wisconsin and the Moore v. Harper case in North Carolina.
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Cities & Counties Also Get Gerrymandered; California Citizens are Fighting Back

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023
When we think redistricting, we generally think about our state’s Congressional, house and senate districts. But city and county districts are also reapportioned through redistricting – and also increasingly gerrymandered. Citizens in California are fighting back.
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NH’s “Voter-Owned Elections” Public Funding  Proposal Goes to a Vote Feb. 14

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023
Remember our explainer on the most common types of public funding of elections: Democracy vouchers, and small-donor matching systems? The New Hampshire House votes February 14th on a hybrid of the two called “Voter-Owned Elections.”
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New York’s Matching System of Citizen-Funded Elections for State Offices

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023
Yesterday, we discussed Seattle’s Democracy Vouchers program, a concept under statewide consideration in Minnesota & New Hampshire. But there’s another style of citizen-funded elections just implemented in New York State after the midterms.
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