Clean Election News Archive 2009-2010

Clean Elections in the News
(Current News)

1-30	Public Funding To Be Part Of Supreme Court Campaign
1-27	Qualifying Period for Public Financing Pilot Coming to a Close; One Candidate Seeks 'Clean Money' Option
1-24	Cleaning Up Elections? It's Simpler Than You Think.
1-24	Maine Bill Would Challenge Citizens United Ruling
1-21	Citizens United: A Tsunami of Secret Corporate Campaign Cash is Drowning Our Democracy
1-6-12	Forget Stocks Or Bonds, Invest In A Lobbyist
12-6	Will Foreigners Decide the 2012 Election? The Extreme Unintended Consequences of Citizens United.
11-21	Special governor race cost candidates $10.4 million
11-14	Senators on Marcellus Shale committee get thousands from industry
11-2	Bill Moyers: Our Politicians Are Money Launderers Not Too Different from Tony Soprano
10-30	W.VA. attempts scaled-down candidate funding pilot
10-30	Eyes on legality of public financing for Supreme Court candidates
10-28	Just Three Corporate Front Groups Spent 13 Times as Much as the Entire Labor Movement to Buy Judicial Elections
10-27	Report: W.Va. not helping cut outside influence in state court elections. (Read the full report here)
10-27	Report: W.Va. not helping cut outside influence in state court elections 10/27
10-14	Phil Kabler: Election draws lobbyists' cash
10-14	House votes to strip EPA of authority over coal ash
9-20	Disclosure may be the real legacy of Citizens United case
9-15	Outside groups spend $1.4 million on governor's race
9-15	Boehner's Funding From Coal Up 2,400%
9-13	Coal Industry Backs Boehner: Donations of $1.5 Million This Year Show Effort to Limit Environmental Rules
8-28	Energy sector key in governor race finances
8-27	Tomblin outraises Maloney 3 to 1 in W.Va. governor's race
7-28	Sen. Manchin Maintains Lucrative Ties to Family-Owned Coal Company
7-1	Ariz. decision could impact 2012 W.Va. Supreme Court race
6-30	Supreme Court wrong in gutting Clean Elections
6-29	Tomblin, Maloney far outspent primary opponents
6-27	High Court Strikes Down Ariz. Campaign Finance Law
6-27	Supreme Court ruling puts W.Va. campaign law under scrutiny
6-27	Press release: Supporters Say Supreme Court Ruling Disappointing, but Not Fatal for Public Financing
6-27	Ruling could affect W.Va. Supreme Court races
6-25	Hedda Haning: Beware the corporation as 'person'
6-24	Justice: Cash taints process
6-15	Can Justice Be Bought?
5-15	Democratic PACs Aim To Even The Score
5-14	The Secrecy Tax
5-14	The Supreme Court Had Its Say. Now Let Shareholders Decide.
5-14	Phil Kabler: Lobbyist spent big at session
5-13	Stephen Colbert pushes for political "megaphone made of cash"
5-8	Los Angeles Times: Families of dead miners feel let down by Washington
5-8	Mining money flooded Congress before safety vote
5-8	Chart of mining industry contributions
4-21	Freshmen learn D.C. ways quickly
4-19	W.H. mulls limits to anonymous gifts
4-11	Unfettered Money
4-3	Energy sector, lawyers fuel W.Va. governor's race
3-31	Energy sector, lawyers fuel W.Va. governor's race
3-31	Wisconsin Right to Life PAC v. Michael Brennan
3-29	Court campaign law meet challenges
3-29	Ariz. campaign-law case has national implications
3-26	With Ariz. case, Supreme Court takes up campaign finance issue again
3-24	The importance of campaign-finance reform in one graph
3-18	Gas industry supported numerous W.Va. lawmakers
3-15	Public finance campaign supporters worried about pilot program 3/15
2-21-11	The $2 Billion Election to Come
12-23	Citizens United Is Number One. What Are the Other 9 Top Money-in-Politics Stories of 2010?
12-21	Special-Interest Funding Declines in [NC] Court Elections as 77% of the Top Judges Qualify for Public Funds
12-20	Keep Arizona Elections Clean
12-8	Tennant: Focus On Candidates, Not How Much Money They Have Or How Much They Can Raise
11-29	Supreme Court Takes Aim Yet Again At Campaign Finance Laws
11-19	Manchin's 1996 race records sought
11-17	Coalition Members, Legislators Highlight Advantages of Public Financing - Supreme Court candidates will have alternative to special interest funding in 2012
11-17	Citizens for Clean Elections praises former Gov. Joe Manchin for starting a public finance pilot program
11-15	Clean Elections Advocates Promote Cure for Mud-Slinging
11-8	After Energy Money Flowed in Elections, CA Poised to Lead on Climate Again
11-2	Election Watch Parties to Follow Money & Winners
11-2	Final Senate filings show Raese outraised by Manchin
11-1	Big Oil spends $69.5m on ads to get the Congress it wants
11-1	Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law
11-1	Coal money in politics
10-31	Drowning in Campaign Cash
10-31	W.Va. legislative races attract $5M-plus
10-29	Coal Industry Spending to Sway Next Congress
10-28	An avalanche of cash in judicial campaigns, Pt. 1
10-27	"Campaign Finance: Watergate II Scandal Ahead?"
10-26	Nonparty, noncandidate groups have spent $12.7 million in W.Va.
10-26	Third party groups spend nearly $13M on WV races
10-25	Campaign Cash: How Citizens United Will Change Elections Forever
10-25	The Supreme Court Sold Out Our Democracy -- How to Fight the Corporate Takeover of Our Elections
10-25	Let's review: Spike Maynard and Massey
10-22	GOP's Maynard reaps Massey cash for House bid
10-7	Court candidates discuss financing, appeals system
10-5	Supreme Court candidates differ on need for intermediate court
10-1	How the campaign finance system is eroding confidence in Congress
9-29	Brothers on nationwide walk rail against Supreme Court election decision
9-27	Corporate $$$ = Free Political Speech: Two Brothers Can't Take It Sitting Down
9-7	Fracking: Is Our “Democracy” Passing Gas?
8-27	Manchin raises nearly $1.2 million since entering Senate race
8-25	Manchin skipped debate for fundraiser
8-21	W.Va. could be test case of 'Citizens United' decision, analyst says
8-17	A Rising Tsunami of Corporate Political Money
8-17	Manchin raises $530k in US Senate bid
8-16	Campaign contributions to judges skyrocket across U.S.
8-16	Study: Pa. judicial elections big on special-interest donations
8-16	REPORT: Partisan Spending On Judicial Elections Soars
8-9	Corporate Campaign Bucks Aiming To Stop Mine Safety Rules?
8-5	Corporate Money Aids Centers Linked to Lawmakers
8-2	More on coal, money and politics
7-31	Citizens, or corporations, united? Election funding decision could have major impact on W.Va. races
7-30	Kentucky judicial elections need to stay on high road
7-29	When gov’t and business align, both become more powerful at the citizens’ expense
7-29	The Supreme Court's present for Rand Paul
7-28	Coal industry ponders fight against Kentucky democrats Jack Conway, Ben Chandler
7-28	Will Coal Bosses Band Together To Influence Elections?
7-28	Coal companies eye targeting congressional Dems
7-23	Massey's Don Blankenship Shoveling Out Campaign Cash Again
7-16	Second Circuit Reaffirms Constitutionality of Public Financing
7-9	Likely Byrd Successors Raked In Donations From Big Coal
7-8	Big Money Drives Up the Betting on the Marcellus Shale
6-18	State Election Commission Files Proposed Legislative Rules For Supreme Court Public Financing
6-18	Loopholes Grow in Bill to Offset Ruling on Campaigns
6-16	Tennant makes first contribution to public funding for Supreme Court races
6-11	Public Funding For State Supreme Court Races Goes Into Effect; Tennant Makes First Contribution To Fund
6-9	U.S. Supreme Court blocks matching funds provision of Clean Elections
6-8	NYT - "Justices block matching funds for candidates in Arizona"
6-8	NYT editorial - "Keeping politics safe for the rich"
5-24	Arizona's Clean Elections law upheld in court
5-2	8 Words That Could Save Our Country
4-30	Howard Swint: Justice Benjamin must resign
4-28	Can a Supreme Court seat be bought?
4-20	KING COAL SAYS, 'LIVE FREE OR DIE'
4-18	Mine disaster spotlights cozy lobbyists-regulator ties
4-16	Massey CEO should have spent less energy berating regulators
4-11	Judge Cash: Campaign cleanup
4-8	Mining interests are heavily invested in Capitol Hill
4-6	Coal, corruption and campaign finance reform
4-5	Do campaign dollars sway judges?
4-5	Gazette LTE: Reforming the way W.Va. seats justices is good
3-28	W.Va. election legislation could attract lawsuits
3-28	Howard Swint: Citizens United ruling a debacle
3-24	Supreme Court public campaign finance bill signed
3-20	From Scandal to Example in West Virginia
3-17	Honoring Granny D: Crusader for Democracy
3-15	Ethics law supporters say fight isn't over
3-14	Clean Elections Update: Supreme Court Public Financing Pilot Project Sent to Governor's Desk
3-13	As W.Va. session ends, ethics and tax items stalled
3-13	W.Va. Senate approves campaign spending bill
3-13	Anti-trust suit scuttles vote-machine deal
3-12	W.Va. lawmakers try stern action on campaign spending
3-11	Clean Elections Update
3-11	Fees taken out of public campaign financing plan
3-10	Julie Archer and Carol Warren: Finance court elections
3-10	'Granny D' Dead: Doris Haddock, Campaign Finance Reform Activist, Dies At 100
3-9	Proposed fees may doom W.Va. election funding bill
3-8	Voters want candidates to use taxpayer money in W.Va., poll shows
3-8	W.Va. getting attention for election funding bill
3-8	Clean Elections Update: More good news today on our Supreme Court Public Financing Pilot Project!
3-8	Public financing of court races gains strength
3-8	Public election funding bill passes Senate committee
3-4	House Legislation Targets Free Speech
3-4	House passes bill to allow public campaign financing
3-3	Clean Elections Update
3-3	WV House of Delegates OKs public funding of court races
3-3	Governor's session agenda intact
3-1	House takes on campaign finance again
3-1	Good Chance WV will Publicly Finance 2012 Supreme Court Races
2-28	Decision Could Allow Anonymous Political Contributions by Businesses
2-26	House to weigh public funding of court races
2-26	Clean Elections Update
2-23	W.Va. lawmakers reacting to major elections ruling
2-22	Supreme Court Pilot Project passes House Judiciary!
2-19	Clean Elections Update
2-19	Limit studied on how quickly an official can turn lobbyist
2-19	What you need to know about lobbyists in W.Va.
2-13	U.S. Supreme Court Corporate Political Contributions Can Hamper Justice: Here Is A Prime Example
2-7	First "Corporate Person" Runs for Political Office
2-6	Earth and the Balance of Powers: What the Citizens United Ruling Means for the Environment
2-5	Congress Must Act in Wake of Supreme Court Ruling on Campaign Financing, League of Women Voters Says
2-4	Bill Introduced Calls For Constitutional Amendment to Tackle Campaign Finance Ruling
2-3	Clean Elections Update
1-27	Jim Hightower \| The Supreme Coup
1-22	24 States’ Laws Open to Attack After Campaign Finance Ruling
1-22	W.Va. lawmakers eye Supreme Court campaign ruling
1-22	Delegate: Public financing program needed
1-22	W.Va. eyes Supreme Court ruling on campaign funding
1-22	Shed a Tear for Our Democracy
1-21	NY Times commentary and coverage of Citizens United decision: How Corporate Money Will Reshape Politics Editorial: The Court’s Blow to Democracy Lobbyists Get Potent Weapon in Campaign Ruling Justices, 5-4, Reject Corporate Spending Limit
1-21	Charleston Gazette Editorial ~ Company cash: Flooding into politics?
1-21	Doris "Granny D" Haddock \| Response to the Supreme Court
1-21	Split court eases limits on business election spending
1-21	The State Elections Enforcement Commission reacts to the United States Supreme Court’s ruling
1-20	Ethics bill passes House unanimously
1-20	Clean Elections Update
1-18	Caperton, recusal and judicial elections
1-15	Critics say plan to reform courts not enough
1-14	Manchin proposes public financing for Supreme Court elections
1-14	Financial disclosure bill advances in Legislature
1-14	Session: State of State call
1-10	Election ruling could change U.S. politics
1-10-2010	Tom Miller: Limited legislation to be enacted before March 13
1-8	A Setback for Democracy - U.S. Supreme Court Rolls Back Election Spending Limits
11-16	Clean Elections Update, Nov. 16: Judicial Reform Commission Recommends Public Financing Pilot Project
11-16	Panel proposes 2nd appeals court for W.Va.
11-6	Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Statement on Passage of Impartial Justice Bill
11-5	Justice at Stake Hails Public Financing Breakthrough in Wisconsin
9-21	Appoint judges, O'Connor tells W.Va.
9-21	O'Connor to attend WVa judicial study meeting
9-20	Lobbyists' money keeps on coming
9-5	Tom Miller: Partisan elections, campaign finance discussed by judicial commission
8-28	Campaign Finance Takes Center Stage at Hearing
8-28	Committee investigating judiciary hears about public financing
8-7	Clean Election Update
7-10	W.Va. judicial study commission launches review
6-11	U.S. Supreme Court puts spotlight on Blankenship's $3 million contribution to Benjamin
6-11	Judge Ruling in Favor of Big Contributor Ruled Illegal by U.S. Supreme Court
6-9	Campaign-reform supporters hope court ruling will spur legislative action
6-8	Public Campaign Statement on Caperton v. Massey Supreme Court Decision
5-26	Could Public Financing Restore Credibility To WV’s Supreme Court?
5-15	Coal, Electric Industries Big Winners in Climate Bill Deal
5-13	Retired Justice O'Connor cites Benjamin ethics case
5-10	Lobbyists cut their spending, it seems
5-5	It's time to take fair elections national
5-4	Citizen Journalism: People Take Control of the News
4-26	W.Va. election ad bill could resurface
4-11	Investment in Lobbying Brings Huge Returns, Study Indicates
4-2	Clean Elections Update
4-2	Governor’s Opposition Slows Public Financing Bill
3-26	Clean Elections Update
3-19	Clean Elections Update
3-12	Clean Elections Update
3-4	Clean Elections Update
3-2	WV SUPCO Race to be Publicly Funded?
2-28	Obama Tells Powerful Lobbies: Bring It On
2-27	Clean Elections Update
2-19	Clean Elections Update
2-15	Case May Alter Judge Elections Across Country
1-27	Video contest launched to encourage more open WV elections
1-25	Progressive Democrats hold first conference
1-22	Coalition to use YouTube contest for campaign finance reform
1-21	Manchin inaugural donors listed
1-17	Video contest seeks teen submissions
1-15	State group seeks lawmakers' support for public financing act
1-9	Wal-Mart, Pepsi join brief urging Benjamin recusal
1-8	West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin has become a national symbol of questionable justice.
1-7-09	W.Va. judicial ethics case draws array of allies

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