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Voters Reject Big Money in Politics, Now It’s Time for Reform
BlogMonday, November 12, 2012In this election cycle, outside groups spent over $1 billion, much of it through Dark Money groups who do not disclose their donors. Yet many of the candidates backed by...
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Billion Dollar Democracy
Released by: WISPIRG FOundation and Demos Release date: Monday, January 21, 2013Billion Dollar Democracy - Money in the 2012 ElectionsExecutive Summary The first presidential election since Citizens...
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Elections Confidential
Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Center for Media and Democracy Release date: Monday, January 21, 2013Dark Money in the 2012 ElectionsElections Confidential describes how secret donors...
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Outside Spending, Outsized Influence
Released by: WISPIRG Foundation, People for the American Way Foundation Release date: Monday, January 21, 2013outsize_spending_wisconsin.pdfThe 2012 elections were by far the most expensive in history...
View ArticleNew Report Shows Impact of Big Money in the 2012 Election
For Immediate Release Monday, January 21, 2013New Report Shows Impact of Big Money in the 2012 Election32 Super PAC Mega-Donors Match Total Giving of 3.7 Million Presidential Campaign Small Donors;...
View ArticleCall on the WI Legislature to Put it to the People on Citizens United
BlogMonday, January 28, 2013Citizens United is undermining the very principals of our democracy.Click Here to demand a people's referendum so that the people of WI can vote on this issue.Democracy
View ArticleOver 18,000 Wisconsinites Call for a Statewide Vote on Citizens United
For Immediate Release Thursday, March 28, 2013MADISON – Over 18,000 Wisconsinites have signed a petition calling for a citizen’s vote on putting Wisconsin on record against Citizens United, the...
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Big Money Dominates in Congressional Primaries
Released by: WISPIRG Foundation Release date: Tuesday, October 21, 2014Big Money Primaries WISPIRG.pdfIn the wake of the Supreme Court’s decisions undermining campaign finance rules, most notably...
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The Dominance of Big Money in the 2014 Congressional Elections
Released by: WISPIRG Foundation and Demos Release date: Thursday, November 20, 2014bigmoney2014.pdfDemocracy has at its heart a basic promise: citizens have an equal voice in deciding who represents...
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Democracy For The People
The money electionOne person, one vote: That’s how we’re taught elections in our democracy are supposed to work. Candidates should compete to win our votes by revealing their vision, credentials and...
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Democracy For The People
The money electionOne person, one vote: That’s how we’re taught elections in our democracy are supposed to work. Candidates should compete to win our votes by revealing their vision, credentials and...
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Government Transparency
How our government collects and spends money is critically important. Tax and budget decisions are the most concrete way that communities declare priorities and balance competing values.Unfortunately,...
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Outside Influence: Out-of-state money in the 2016 senate elections
Released by: U.S. PIRG Education Fund Release date: Monday, October 24, 2016Outside Influence - Out-of-State Money in the 2016 Senate Elections-1.pdfThis report paints a clear picture of where money...
View ArticleREPORT: 61% of Money in WI Senate Race Comes from Out-of-State
For Immediate Release Monday, October 24, 2016Peter SkopecMADISON– A new report by the WISPIRG Foundation and the U.S. PIRG Education Fund shows that 77 percent of funding in the 34 U.S. senate races...
View ArticleNew Report Shows Impact of Big Money in the 2012 Election
For Immediate Release Monday, January 21, 2013New Report Shows Impact of Big Money in the 2012 Election32 Super PAC Mega-Donors Match Total Giving of 3.7 Million Presidential Campaign Small Donors;...
View ArticleCall on the WI Legislature to Put it to the People on Citizens United
BlogMonday, January 28, 2013Citizens United is undermining the very principals of our democracy.Click Here to demand a people's referendum so that the people of WI can vote on this issue.Democracy
View ArticleOver 18,000 Wisconsinites Call for a Statewide Vote on Citizens United
For Immediate Release Thursday, March 28, 2013MADISON – Over 18,000 Wisconsinites have signed a petition calling for a citizen’s vote on putting Wisconsin on record against Citizens United, the...
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Big Money Dominates in Congressional Primaries
Released by: WISPIRG Foundation Release date: Tuesday, October 21, 2014Big Money Primaries WISPIRG.pdfIn the wake of the Supreme Court’s decisions undermining campaign finance rules, most notably...
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The Dominance of Big Money in the 2014 Congressional Elections
Released by: WISPIRG Foundation and Demos Release date: Thursday, November 20, 2014bigmoney2014.pdfDemocracy has at its heart a basic promise: citizens have an equal voice in deciding who represents...
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Democracy For The People
The money electionOne person, one vote: That’s how we’re taught elections in our democracy are supposed to work. Candidates should compete to win our votes by revealing their vision, credentials and...
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