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1997 Ramsey County Ordinance 480 Requiring Candidates to File a Campaign Finance Report

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 1997

Level County

State(s) Minnesota

Source Ramsey County Board of Commissioners

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This ordinance requires committees and candidates to file a campaign finance report within 14 days of having donations or reimbursements in excess of $750. The campaign or committee must continue to file reports before January 31st, and for candidates who will appear on the ballot...

Fair Elections Program Contribution Limitations and Requirements

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) District of Columbia

Source City of Washington, D.C.

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This ordinance limits campaign contributions from non-resident donors to an aggregate dollar amount and requires campaigns to maintain identification records for non-resident donors. ...

Ranked Choice Voting and Campaign Spending in California

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source FairVote

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This report summarizes the preliminary findings of a study into the impact of the introduction of ranked choice voting (RCV) on candidate spending in city elections in the Bay Area of California. It finds that RCV did not significantly impact candidate spending on its own, but it...

Issue One Explainer: Tax Credits and Rebates for Small-Dollar Contributors

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2017

Level National, State

State(s) All States

Source Issue One

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Finance & Procurement

Most of the campaign funding in the United States come from an incredibly small group of people, and trust in this system is near record lows. This report recommends incentivizing greater participation in the political system through a tax credit and rebate system that would make...

Washington, D.C.’s Fair Elections Program: Public Financing Program

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2022

Level City or Town, State

State(s) District of Columbia

Source City of Washington, D.C.

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

Washington, D.C.'s Fair Elections Program (FEP) is a voluntary public financing program for local political campaigns in the District of Columbia through the combination of matching funds and lump sum base amounts....

Expanding Voting Rights

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source The Center for Popular Democracy

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This policy brief discusses the problem of lower voter turnout in municipal and county elections. The brief discusses possible causes for this issue such as low voter engagement, a lack of community grounding, and the absence of viable political options. The brief proposes solutions...

2007 New York City Local Law 67

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source Portland City Council

Policy Areas Housing, Public Safety, Democracy & Governance

This ordinance amends the Campaign Finance Act ('Act') to ensure that: the contribution limits applicable to those doing business with the city apply for an entire election cycle, meaning a primary and general election, and not for each election; the new matching level of 6:1 up to...

Building a More Diverse Donor Coalition: An Analysis of the Seattle Democracy Voucher Program in the 2019 Election Cycle

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Jennifer A. Heerwig & Brian J. McCabe

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Finance & Procurement

After a successful inaugural implementation in 2017, the Democracy Voucher program provided public financing in seven districted City Council races in 2019. Thirty-five candidates used the program in the primary, including twelve who went on to use the program in the general election....

Blueprints for Democracy: Actionable Reforms to Solve our Governing Crisis

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source The Campaign Legal Center

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

American democracy is being subverted by a relatively small number of people and organizations that spend large amounts of money to influence who runs for office, who is elected, and the issues that will be up for debate. To combat this influence, this report recommends public financing...

2017 Ventura County Ordinance 4510 Implementing Campaign Finance Reforms

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2017

Level County

State(s) California

Source Ventura County

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

The Ventura County Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance helps the individual voter by reducing the potential influence, and the appearance of influence, resulting from large campaign contributions to candidates, committees supporting candidates, or independent expenditure committees....

After Citizens United: The Story in the States

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town, National, State

State(s) All States

Source Brennan Center for Justice

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

Citizens United allows unlimited election spending by outside groups, but requires this spending to be independent of candidates and campaigns; this requirement is frequently violated as campaigns and outside groups coordinate activity. This report reviews coordination laws and enforcement...

The Fair Elections Act/Democracy For The People Initiative

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) Colorado

Source CleanSlateNow Action

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

The Fair Elections Act/Democracy For The People Initiative establishes campaign finance transparency, small donor contribution matching, and campaign contribution limits for city elections...

Campaign Finance Reforms

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States, Wyoming

Source Local Progress

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

Big money in local elections limits who can run, who can win, and ultimately leads to governments that fail to reflect the needs of everyday people. To combat large campaign donations, political action committees, Super PACs, and rising outside spending, local governments should implement...

Evaluating Seattle’s Democracy Voucher Program

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Pennsylvania, Washington

Source Fels Institute of Government

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This report reviews the history and impact of Seattle's Democracy Voucher Program and considers its applicability to Philadelphia. While Seattle's project has successfully increased participation rates, voucher users are not representative of the community, and are more likely to...

Election Finance Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2022

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Finance & Procurement

The influence of big money on politics has undermined American Democracy at the national, state, and local level. Today, wealthy elites and businesses have a disproportionate impact on who runs, who is elected, and what issues are debated. ProGov21's updated Election Finance Roadmap...

2017 Ventura County Ordinance 4510 Campaign Finance Reform

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2017

Level County

State(s) California

Source Ventura County

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Finance & Procurement

The purpose of this ordinance is to promote public trust in governmental institutions and the electoral process, and to eliminate the possibility of quid pro quo corruption or the appearance of quid pro quo corruption in which money is exchanged for official acts. The purpose of this...

2004 Alachua County Ordinance 04-01 Regulating Campaign Finance

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2004

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Florida

Source Alachua County Board of Commissioners

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This ordinance caps campaign contributions at $250 for local elected offices including county commissioner, sheriff, and supervisor. It also requires candidates to submit financial reports prior to election day, and establishes time frames within which candidates may accept contributions....

2007 New York City Local Law 67 Amending Campaign Finance Regulations

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source New York City Council

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Finance & Procurement

This local law prohibits candidates from receiving donations from entities or individuals doing business with the city, introduces new restrictions on campaign expenditures, and creates enforcement mechanisms for these regulations. ...

Small Donor Matching Funds: The NYC Election Experience

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source Brennan Center for Justice

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Finance & Procurement

To limit the role of big money in politics, New York City provides public money to candidates in exchange for the candidate's compliance with expenditure limits and enhanced disclosure requirements. The City supercharges small donations by matching up to $175 of each contribution...

Small Donor Tax Credits: A New Model

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source Brennan Center for Justice

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

A tiny minority of donors uses campaign contributions to limit voter choice by making it less likely that candidates without access to those donors can gain voter attention and run competitively. To protect our democracy, this report recommends small donor matching programs that use...

Public Financing of Campaigns: People Powered Elections

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town, State

State(s) -

Source Common Cause

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

Public campaign financing programs provide public funds to help candidates run for office in order to protect our democracy from the influence of moneyed interests. This report briefs three types of public financing programs in use today: small donor matching funds, voucher funding,...

2007 New York Local Law 34 Amending Campaign Finance Regulations

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source New York City Council

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This local law adjusts contribution limits, prohibits certain types of donations from being matched by public funds. This law also implements new campaign funding requirements for entities doing business with the city. ...

2005 Albuquerque Resolution 105 Limiting Campaign Spending in Exchange for Public Financing

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2005

Level City or Town

State(s) New Mexico

Source Albuquerque City Council

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This resolution proposes the enactment of voluntary limits on campaign spending and equal public financing of campaigns for elections. Participating candidates for Mayor and Council shall voluntarily limit their campaign spending in order to receive an equal amount of public financing...

2014 Orange County Local Law 5 Setting Campaign Contribution Limits

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2014

Level County

State(s) California

Source Orange County Legislature

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This "Pay-to-Play" ordinance amends local law to limit campaign contributions from businesses that contract with the county to members of the county legislature, or candidates for county legislature, and requires entities receiving contracts to issue a sworn statement that they have...

2007 New York City Local Law 34

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source New York City Council

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

The ordinance requires that all candidates comply with contribution limits and disclosure requirements. The ordinance also established the Campaign Finance Program (the Program). Candidates who join the Program also agree to comply with strict expenditure limits, and in return they...

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