March 11 2009 at 11:09 AM
Recent report examines 2008 Ohio election
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Brennan Center for Justice’s preliminary report, “2008 Ohio Elections Summit,” was featured at an Ohio Secretary of State Election…
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February 25 2009 at 12:23 PM
Nonprofit political spending triples in 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Campaign Finance Institute issued a report that found “soft money political spending by 501(c) nonprofits tripled in the 2008 election.” CFI’s findings also included: 527 political group spending declined,…
February 25 2009 at 12:19 PM
Politico article addresses threatened open government laws
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU asked “Will courts allow more transparency?” in a story about legal threats to transparency and disclosure laws that appeared in Politico.
May 03 2008 at 12:54 PM
Restoring the Right to Vote
NEW YORK -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. Today in the United States, over five million otherwise eligible citizens cannot vote because of a felony conviction. Four million of these people are not in prison -…
April 28 2008 at 09:34 AM
The New Politics of Judicial Elections in the Great Lakes States, 2000-2008
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The Justice at Stake Campaign: This special report shows how five midwestern states—Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin—have become caught up in America’s “New Politics of Judicial Elections.” Download the press release …
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Reports & Research for Ohio in Campaign Finance Reform
March 19 2012 at 03:05 PM
Midwest states challenged to lower corruption risk
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…
March 12 2012 at 05:32 PM
Campaign Finance Institute article published in Election Law Journal
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,…
March 02 2012 at 03:43 PM
State of the States 2012
Stateline.org has released their 2012 State of the States report. The report touches on the issues and stories that will take center stage around the country in state governments this year. Included here are…
November 17 2011 at 11:57 AM
Money, lobbying, and fracking
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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…
July 06 2011 at 10:50 AM
Campaign Finance Institute examines public financing possibilities in Midwest
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…
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