In our own words…..

Money in Politics Background Documents/ Petitions, etc.

Letters to the Editor/Other

WHAT DOES CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM LOOK LIKE? A CHECK LIST. Briefs: Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reform (what is it), Disclosure, Oversight, Limitations, Personal Use, Public Financing of Elections.

• Citizens Report on the Need for Campaign Finance Reform in Virginia
• Letter to Governor: Co-signed by 50 groups, supporting constitutional amendment
• Letter to Speaker of the House: Co-signed by 35 groups, supporting campaign finance reform
• Backgrounder on Money in Politics
• 5-year strategic plan

PRESS RELEASES

Let’s Address the Role of Dark Money Coming from the Fossil Fuel Industry. 4/24

Virginia General Assembly Defeats Most Campaign Finance Reform Bills. 3/15

Virginians lose today as House Republicans vote down 3 good governance bills, 3/2

Campaign Finance Legislation Limps through the General Assembly, but Reform still
Stands a Chance, 2/16

Majority of Virginians Support Campaign Finance Reform, 1/3

Citizens’ Report on the Need for Campaign Finance Reform in Virginia Calls for Legislative
Action 8/2021

• Curb Money in Politics through a Constitutional Amendment, 11/10/22
• A Shout Out for our Constitution, 9/15/2022
• Why Celebrate Constitution Day? 9/13/2022
• Curtail big money in our political system, 4/25/22
• The Sunshine Factor, 4/22/22
• Is Virginia a “Backwater” in Terms of Campaign Finance Reform? 4/13/22
• Legislators blew chance at campaign finance reform, 3/31/22
• Get Money Out of Politics, 2/15/2022
• O’Quinn Get Serious About Campaign Finance, 2/12/2022
• A slow but hopeful start 2/6/2022
• Virginians want campaign finance reform along with their new maps, 1/13/2022
• Virtual Town Hall on Election Reform Today, 10/26/2021
• We need amendment to rid elections of big money, 9/27/2021
• Recent Constitution Day Prompts Amendment Idea. 9/23/2021
• We do hold these truths to be self-evident, 7/7/2021
• Taxation without Representation, 6/6/2021
• Accountability is a bipartisan value, 5/14
• Big Money, 3/9/2021
• To build trust, we need campaign finance reform, 3/9/2021
• State Senate ignores chance to fix campaign finances,3/9/2021
• Why would campaign finance legislation fail?, 3/7/2021
• Sensible Finance Bill Dies Without Vote Tally, 3/3/2021
• Virginia is in dire need of campaign finance reform, 2/22,2021
• Senate Kills Bill about Dominion, 2/22/2021
• How the pandemic shined a spotlight on a crisis, 2/1/2021
• A Shout out for Citizen Activism, 10/1/2020
• The U.S. needs a spending amendment, 9/30/2020
• Amendment needed for campaign finance reform, 9/16/2020
• Hope for graduates, 6/1/2020
• COVID-19 calls for a debate on our healthcare system – starting with limits on special interest spending, 5/29/2020
• The U.S. Covid-19 Pandemic Response Hurt by a Weakened Health-care System, 5/13/2020
• We need campaign finance reform, 5/14/2020
• The anniversary of a big mistake and a bipartisan way to fix it, 1/23/2020
• Citizens United Nothing to Celebrate, 1/21/2020
• How you lost your voice and how you can get it back,1/17/2020
• Money shouldn’t rule politics,11/5/2018
• It’s time to reclaim American democracy, 4/23/2018

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