Pew Center on the States released a new report calling for upgrades to voter registration systems across the country. Entitled, Inaccurate, Costly, and Inefficient, the report notes that 24 million registrations are either…
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…
Network partners in the Ohio Campaign for Accountable Redistricting have released a new report, The Elephant In The Room, which further details what exactly happened in the Ohio legislature’s redistricting process. After examining documents…
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A new report from Common Cause examines the practice of “fracking,” which is a technique to release natural gas. Fracking, in some cases, causes pollution underground which could contaminate drinking water. The report specifically looks…
Today, Network partners Justice at Stake and Brennan Center for Justice, along with the National Institute on Money in State Politics, released a report, The New Politics of Judicial Elections, which provides an overview of some of the major…
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The Los Angeles Times has compiled a report on the disclosure practices of major corporations. Some corporations already disclose donations to candidates, trade associations, and issue advocacy groups, but a heavy majority of the…
OpenSecrets.org has added new features to its outside spending section
More than half of Ohio’s campaign money raised by legislators in 2010 came from lobbyist an Ohio Citizen Action study found.
Every non-judicial election race in Ohio broke spending decade-old records, totaling nearly $70 million in donations this past election, causing reform advocates to question the influence high donations have on legislators.
Ohio candidates broke several spending records during this year’s elections despite a troubled economy, The Columbus Dispatch reported.Candidates for the five nonjudicial statewide offices spent approximately $67.2 million from the $68.4…
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