Reports & Research in Wisconsin

July 01 2011 at 01:37 PM

Report examines voting processes throughout the Midwest

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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…

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June 16 2011 at 01:24 PM

Rock the Vote releases Voting System Scorecard

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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…

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June 02 2011 at 11:14 AM

Nonprofit VOTE study shows nonprofit impact on 2010 turnout

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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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May 11 2011 at 10:42 AM

LA Times report on corporate disclosure practices

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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…

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April 18 2011 at 02:46 PM

Nonprofit VOTE: America Goes to the Polls

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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,…

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Reports & Research for Wisconsin in Media Reform

March 02 2012 at 03:43 PM

State of the States 2012

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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…

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April 22 2010 at 12:59 PM

3 MDN states top government spending transparency report

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Minnesota, Illinois and Ohio are among seven states leading the country in online access to government spending data.A new U.S. PRIG report, “

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June 02 2008 at 11:06 AM

NEARLY $200 MILLION SPENT ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TV ADS TO DATE

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MADISON, Wisconsin -- Almost $200 million has been spent on television advertising so far during this presidential election year, with the overwhelming amount of recent spending coming from the race for the Democratic nomination.In total, Democratic candidates for president have…

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November 21 2006 at 05:20 PM

Midwest Local TV Newscasts Devote 2.5 Times as Much Air Time to Political Ads as Election Coverage

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CHICAGO – In the month leading up to the recent 2006 mid-term elections, local television news viewers got considerably more information about campaigns from paid political advertisements than from actual news coverage, a new study shows. Local newscasts…

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October 12 2006 at 03:40 PM

Midwest Local TV Newscasts Average 36 Seconds of Election Coverage in Typical 30-Minute Broadcast

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MADISON, Wisconsin -- In the month following the traditional Labor Day kickoff of the 2006 election campaign season, television stations in nine Midwest markets devoted an average of 36 seconds to election coverage during the typical 30-minute local news broadcast,…

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