Resources

This section will be updated regularly with links to organizations doing great work on campaign finance reform, as well informative news articles, policy opinions, and more. Check in often!

Nonpartisan Advocacy Organizations working for Campaign Finance REform

  • Common Cause, a nonpartisan advocacy and policy reform group. (link)
  • Move to Amend, a nonpartisan organization devoted to passing a constitutional amendment that goes beyond just overturning Citizens United. (link)
  • Public Citizen, a nonpartisan organization working to ensure that citizens are represented in government, both through campaign finance reform and on other issues. (link)
  • The Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan organization offering nonpartisan analysis of campaign finance and other related issues. (link)
  • Rootstrikers, "a network of activists fighting the corrupting influence of money in politics." (link)
  • unPAC, "a place where Americans can come together to demand that politicians represent US, the majority. When billionaires buy a politician, when secretive special interest groups meddle in our politics, when politicians fall prey to lobbyists, unPAC promises to publicly call them out." (link)
  • Democracy 21, a nonpartisan organization which "provides the public and media with the latest information and analysis on money and politics," advocates for change, and works to educate the public on these issues. (link)

Facts on Campaign Finance

  • The Center for Responsive Politics' (opensecrets.org) overview of the amount of money spent on federal political campaigns over the last 14 years, as well as a projection for spending on the 2012 election.  There is significant, detailed information elsewhere on the site. (link)
  • The Center for Responsive Politics' (opensecrets.org) overview of spending this election cycle by industry/sector. (link)
  • The Campaign Legal Center's chart explaining what classes of groups are legally allowed to do under existing campaign finance law. (link)

Informative News and Blog Posts

  • A full listing of Huffington Post articles by Paul Blumenthal, Huffington Posts' money in politics reporter. (link)
  • A list of current, highlighted, and archived New York Times articles on campaign finance. (link)
  • A full listing of articles in The Atlantic about campaign finance reform. (link)
  • Five part short video summary of Stephen Colbert's work to shed light on campaign finance reform. (link)
  • A good summary of campaign finance reform history in the U.S. The New Yorker article entitled, "Money Talks." (link)
  • A list of recent blog posts about campaign finance from around the web. (link)