In a ruling this week, US District Court Judge Marvin Aspen found that an Illinois political action committee unaffiliated with any candidates would be able to solicit unlimited campaign donations. The Judge stated that because…
The Campaign Finance Institute has published an article in the peer-reviewed Election Law Journal called “Small Donors, Big Democracy: New York City’s Matching Funds as a Model for the Nation and States.” Michael Malbin,…
A new report from Prof. Dick Simpson at the University of Illinois – Chicago puts Chicago at the top of the list of most corrupt cities in the United States. Since the 1970s, four Illinois governors and 31 members of…
Demos has released a new report on immigrant voter turnout and registration showing that structural barriers still exist for new citizens when they want to register to vote. Restrictive requirements, language access, socioeconomic status, location of immigrant community, and country…
After weeks of contentious hearings and negotiations, the Chicago City Council has approved a new city ward map, which will go into effect for the next mayoral election, to be held in 2015. The Council voted 41-8 to approve the…
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New Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel instituted six executive orders on his first day in office. The executive orders focused on ethics reform and donations to mayoral election campaigns. Per Lynn Sweet’s blog at the Chicago Sun-Times, the executive orders:-…
Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila Simon called for lawmakers to pass stronger ethics laws this past week, and issued a press release from her office. She says in the release “The economic disclosures currently required by law are weak, reveal…
Common Cause is asking for a thorough accounting of a trip Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took in January 2008 that could have been grounds for recusal from ruling on the Citizens United v. Federal…
From the sweltering Mississippi of 1964’s “Freedom Summer” to Washington’s marbled corridors of power to the rough-and-tumble of Illinois politics, Larry Hansen devoted his nearly 50-year career to making American democracy work better. Hansen, vice president of the Joyce Foundation…
The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform is urging lawmakers to support transparency by not overriding a gubernatorial veto in the fall session, known as the veto session, as early as this week.
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