Voting with dollars: A new paradigm for campaign finance;To assure pride and confidence in the electoral process, report of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform

2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-194
Author(s):  
Jeremy D. Rosner
Keyword(s):  
Campaign Finance ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Electoral Process ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Federal Election ◽  
Election Reform

Effects of Identification Requirements on Voting: Evidence from the Experiences of Voters on Election Day

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (01) ◽  
pp. 127-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Ansolabehere
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Federal Election ◽  
Election Reform ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Right ◽  
And Training

At the heart of the efforts to improve elections in the United States are two important values: access and integrity. To guarantee the right to vote, the polls must be accessible to all who wish to vote. To guarantee legitimate elections, only eligible people should be allowed to vote, and all votes must be tabulated correctly. These values have different implications for administrative procedures, ranging from the implementation of registration systems to the choice of voting equipment to the set up of polling places and training of poll workers. Often these values work hand in hand, but at times they are at odds. Such is the case with the authentication of voters at the polls (see National Commission on Federal Election Reform 2002).

Teaching Campaign Finance with Federal Election Commission Resources

1987 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 14-15
Author(s):  
Clyde Wilcox
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Campaign Finance ◽  
Public Office ◽  
Federal Election ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Federal Election Commission ◽  
Campaigns And Elections ◽  
Student Projects ◽  
Election Commission

Many Political Science courses include sections on campaign finance activity. Courses on Congress and on the Presidency may include sections on the financing of elections for these offices, and courses on campaigns and elections will probably cover campaign finance. In addition, courses on interest groups and on parties may include sections that focus on the activities of these actors in financing campaigns for public office.The Federal Election Commission can provide an assortment of materials that may be useful in teaching about campaign finance. Some of these materials are most useful as sources of data for lecture preparation, while other offerings can be used as part of student projects or papers. In the sections below, these materials will be described, and some classroom uses will be suggested.

scholarly journals Paying for America’s Elections: The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 and Information Access

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Rachel Condon
Keyword(s):  
Campaign Finance ◽  
Information Access ◽  
American People ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Federal Election ◽  
Legislative History ◽  
Election Process ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Law

This paper provides an overview of the legislative history of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA), known popularly as McCain-Feingold. It will also explore the challenges to the act in the courts. The paper will conclude with a review of access to campaign finance reports resulting from the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. With a rich legislative history that spans several Congresses as well as a history of judicial interventions which have shaped the law as it stands today, it is pertinent that the American people have access to information associated with the law so as to better understand the federal election process and assess its strengths and weaknesses in advance of the 2020 elections.

scholarly journals The Future of Soft Money in Federal Elections: The 527 Reform Act of 2005 and the First Amendment

2005 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan P. Chase
Keyword(s):  
Title I ◽  
First Amendment ◽  
Campaign Finance ◽  
Finance Reform ◽  
Campaign Finance Reform ◽  
Federal Election ◽  
John Mccain ◽  
Soft Money ◽  
Federal Laws ◽  
President Bush

President George W. Bush signed the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002 (“BCRA”) into law on March 27, 2002, and when it became law on November 6, 2002, BCRA marked the first significant revision of the federal laws controlling the financing of campaigns for federal office since the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (“FECA”). Title I of BCRA banned national parties and officeholders from raising and spending “soft money.” Soft money can be defined simply as contributions that are not subject to FECA’s contribution regulations while “hard money” refers to contributions that do fall under FECA’s domain. FECA established a series of mandatory limits on contributions to candidates and mandatory ceilings on expenditures. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), one of the bill’s co-sponsors who has fought for significant campaign finance reform for more than half a decade, hoped the law would “restore the public’s faith in government.” President Bush hailed BCRA by stating that “[a]ll of the American electorate will benefit from these measures to strengthen our democracy.”

Campaign Finance

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Mutch
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Campaign Finance ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Federal Election ◽  
Federal Election Commission ◽  
Super Pacs ◽  
The One ◽  
Election Commission

The one percent has been providing an ever larger share of campaign funds since the 1980s. Well over half of the money contributed to the presidential race in 2015 came from only about 350 families. One-fourth of it came from just seventy-eight donors, all of whom made contributions of $1 million or more. Can we still say we live in a democracy if a few hundred rich families provide such disproportionate shares of campaign funds? Congress and the courts are divided on that question, with conservatives saying yes and liberals saying no. The debate is about the most fundamental of political questions: how we define democracy, and how we want our democracy to work. The debate may ultimately be about political theory, but in practice it is conducted in terms of laws, regulations, and court decisions about PACs, super PACs, 527s, 501(c)(4)s, dark money, the Federal Election Commission, and even the IRS. This book explains how those laws, regulations, and court decisions fit into the larger debate about how we want our democracy to work.

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