Campaign Finance

The advertisement ran just less than a month before the race for school board in Douglas County, Colo. “Liberals are fighting school choice in Douglas County,” the announcer intoned. …

A proposed bill that would keep the public in the dark about the sources of money in Wisconsin elections could also make it easier for dark money groups to …

In the wake of Citizens United, there is plenty of discussion of how campaign finance law might be changed to limit political participation by corporations.

On paper, influence peddling has declined. In reality, it has gone underground.

The bigger question, and the less obvious problem with Kristof's opinion, is whether more of us would do any good for the world.

From achieving tax reform to fighting climate change to strengthening the social safety net, we will see no progress until the wealthy entities that benefit can no longer buy …

To get the money out of politics, Ben Cohen and others are stamping all of their dollars with messages like “not to be used for buying elections.”

A law that limits the length of public campaigns to five months is among many serious efforts to restore the ability of ordinary voters to elect candidates who represent …

Newly-unsealed court documents add to a growing body of evidence that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's campaign is at the center of a wide-ranging secret probe into campaign finance violations …

Watchdog groups said Crossroads GPS should be registered as a political committee and subject to disclosure; FEC general counsel and half of commission agreed.