Public Financing in US Elections

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Public Financing in US Elections

CGS has studied public financing laws in the United States for over 25 years. CGS is conducting a multi-year comparative research project on the effectiveness of public financing laws adopted in jurisdictions across the country. CGS has published several reports including the first comprehensive effort to analyze and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of state and local public campaign financing programs in the United States, a primer on public financing, a report on new sources of money to sustain public campaign financing programs, and extensive reviews of several local and state public financing laws currently in place. CGS has also published state and local public financing charts and maps that show where public programs exist and provide details about those programs.

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Current Status

CGS regularly monitors state and local public financing laws around the country. CGS communicates and consults with legislators, public agencies, the media and civic organizations to improve the quality of these laws. Currently, CGS is working with various individuals and organizations in states such as Connecticut, Colorado, and California and in cities such as Los Angeles (CA), New York City (NY), San Diego (CA) and Santa Monica (CA) to improve existing public financing laws or create new ones.

Publications

Resources

Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission (www.azcleanelections.gov/ccecweb/ccecays/home.asp)

Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission (http://www.ct.gov/seec/site/default.asp)

Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) (www.cogel.org)

Election Law Blog (www.electionlawblog.org)

Los Angeles Ethics Commission (http://ethics.lacity.org/)

Maine Ethics Commission (http://www.maine.gov/ethics/)

New York City Campaign Finance Board (www.nycfb.info)

San Francisco Ethics Commission (http://www.sfgov.org/site/ethics_index.asp)