ProGov21 Policy Library

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...

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....

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....

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 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...

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...

This ordinance requires elected officers to disclose campaign contributions greater than $10,000 to the City's Ethics Commission, which will then make the information publicly available. It also prohibits campaign contributions to members of the Board of Supervisors, candidates for...