The Minnesota House of Representatives, after more than nine hours of debate, passed the voter ID state constitutional amendment by a vote of 72-62 along party lines, Republicans voting in support and Democratic Farmer-Labor voting against. If the measure passes…
No Midwest Democracy Network states rank higher than 10th in a 50-state ranking of state transparency laws and corruption risk standards, and none received a higher grade than C. Michigan’s F grade ranks amongst the lowest in the country, while…
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,…
Network partners TakeAction Minnesota, League of Women Voters Minnesota, and Minnesota Council of Nonprofits have been closely tracking and reacting to the debate over a possible voter ID state constitutional amendment.TakeAction Minnesota released a report showing the money behind the…
The Minnesota special redistricting panel has released its final maps for state and congressional level districts. Instead of choosing a map that was submitted by one of the political parties (three were submitted: one by…
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With the Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down “trigger” matching funds in public financing law, Gavel Grab compiled some of the possible alternatives that could become more popular as states opt for reform. These include small dollar matching funds…
A study by the Campaign Finance Institute released today attempts to find a Constitutionally viable means of campaign finance reform that would withstand legal challenge. CFI’s report examines states in the Midwest (all Network…
The Supreme Court this week made its ruling in McComish v. Bennett, the case involving a “trigger funds” provision in Arizona’s campaign finance law that would allow publicly financed candidates to receive additional public funds if their opponents received private…
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Mike Dean of Network partner Common Cause Minnesota is currently engaged in an e-debate with Josiah Neeley of the James Madison Center for Free Speech on the Minnesota Public Radio website. At issue here is a potential decision by…
In 1997, the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board issued Advisory Opinion 257, which stated that disclosure requirements apply to unregistered associations but not to corporations. Recently the Board…
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