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…
Election Law at Moritz has released From Registration to Recounts Revisited: Developments in the Election Ecosystems of Five Midwestern States, a review of the 2008 elections in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, and…
Rock the Vote released a Voting Systems Scorecard, which grades each state based on voters’ ability to access the political process. The scorecard looks more specifically at barriers that might be standing in the…
Network partner Michigan Campaign Finance Network released a new report on undisclosed television spending in the last decade which, according to the report, exceeded $70 million. Three candidates for statewide office in 2010 won…
Nonprofit VOTE, in conjunction with a selection of nonprofit organizations in Michigan, has released some new statistics and information on nonprofit voter engagement.In a study conducted during the 2010 midterm…
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Nonprofit VOTE released America Goes to the Polls 2010 last week, a report on midterm election turnout, and growth from the last midterm in 2006. The report will use that data to look at voting trends such as youth turnout,…
A Common Cause and Demos report analyzes election policies in 10 swing states – including three Midwest Democracy Network states – that…
Five candidates and one nonprofit organization have spent only $3,371,214 on gubernatorial campaigns through July 4 this year, a drop of over $5.9…
According to ElectionlineWeekly, Dan Tokaji, associate professor of law at Ohio State University, argues election administration reform efforts should shift from the rules governing elections to the institutions that govern them…
With the Supreme Court’s decision on the Citizens United case, large corporations gained a victory to make their voices dominate federal elections. …
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