Campaign Finance Wherever one finds elections, one finds money. Add to this truism the fact that citizens always pay for parties and elections, whatever the particular financing scheme (private, public, or some mix). In spite of the apparent...

Campaign finance refers to the means by which money is raised for election campaigns. As campaigns have many expenditures, ranging from the cost of travel for the candidate and others to the purchasing of air time for TV advertisements, candidates often...

This election, with all the grumbling about Mike's money, provoked a round of concern about the city's public financing system, and a range of proposals from the probably-illegal (make self-financers pay their opponents' bills too) to the very expensive (have the city match whatever the...

Previous efforts to reform campaign finance have failed miserably. The major problem is that candidates can still receive tons of money from individuals and entities that they do not actually represent. What we need is real campaign finance reform – something that would be based...

A wide-ranging list of political figures met with Eliot Spitzer at a closed-door luncheon on Lexington Avenue, organized by the Brennan Center, to discuss his efforts to overhaul the state’s campaign finance laws. It‘s something Spitzer has been advocating since he unilaterally disarmed by...

A top adviser to Mitt Romney criticized rival Fred Thompson on Friday for his campaign finance reform efforts, triggering an exchange between the two Republican presidential contenders as they seek conservative support.James Bopp Jr., a prominent free-speech advocate, lumped the former Tennessee senator with Sen....