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Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Campaign Guide for Congressional Candidates and Committees
Author: Super PACs
Author: Louise I. GerdesPublisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 0737768649
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
The passage of Citizens United by the Supreme Court in 2010 sparked a renewed debate about campaign spending by large political action committees, or Super PACs. Its ruling said that it is okay for corporations and labor unions to spend as much as they want in advertising and other methods to convince people to vote for or against a candidate. This book provides a wide range of opinions on the issue. Includes primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives; eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials, and many others.
Committee Treasurers
Author: Campaign Guide for Corporations and Labor Organizations
Author: United States. Federal Election CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Federal Election Commission Regulations
Author: United States. Federal Election CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Federal Election Campaign Laws
Author: United StatesPublisher:
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Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Campaign Guide for Political Party Committees
Author: Public Funding of Presidential Elections
Author: United States. Federal Election CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Campaign funds
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Small Change
Author: Raymond J. La RajaPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472050284
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
All democracies face the dilemma of how to pay for politics. Money fuels the campaigns that inform and mobilize voters. But private political contributions raise the specter of undue influence, or, worse, political corruption. This book reviews the history of America's efforts at federal campaign finance reform.
Money, Power, and Elections
Author: Rodney A. SmithPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807156329
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Have campaign finance reform laws actually worked? Is money less influential in electing candidates today than it was thirty years ago when legislation was first enacted? Absolutely not, argues Rodney A. Smith in this passionately written, fact-filled, and provocative book. According to Smith, the laws have had exactly the opposite of their intended effect. They have increased the likelihood that incumbents in the House and Senate will be reelected, and they have greatly diminished the chances that candidates who are not wealthy will be elected. Smith's claims are supported by convincing data; he collected and analyzed information about all federal elections since 1920. These data show clearly that money matters now more than ever. Smith thinks that reform legislation has created a new inequality for candidates that, if left unchecked, threatens to destroy the American electoral process by obliterating the foundational principle of free speech. He argues that "money buys speech" and when candidates lack money to buy media time and space they are effectively silenced. Their inability to "speak freely" violates the most significant intentions of our nation's founders: that a sovereign citizenry elect its own leaders based on a free exchange of ideas. For Smith, campaign finance reform has unwittingly unbalanced the checks and balances created by the Framers of the Constitution.After presenting a detailed historical overview of how we have reached the present crisis, Smith proposes a simple solution: institute a process that completely discloses relevant information about campaign donors and recipients of donations. All disclosures would be available to the media, which would be able to investigate and report them fully. Only then, Smith believes, will the United States have the opportunity to be the democratic republic that its founders intended.