- Gut check: Has Denver's Fair Elections Fund done what it's supposed to do?, Denverite, March 26, 2023
- Denver's Fair Elections Fund disbursements now top $7.1 million, Denver Post, March 21, 2023
- Millions in outside spending shapes Denver mayoral race -- and it's not always clear where the money is coming from, Denver Post, March 24, 2023
- "Who is included in their Denver?" The 2023 mayor's race could set agenda for the next decade, Denver Post, February 5, 2023
- Laughable: Is it too easy to get on the Denver Mayoral ballot? Denver Post, January 5, 2023
- Denver Candidates Concerned About Moved-Up Fair Elections Fund Qualifying Date, Westword, January 5, 2023
- Will the Fair Elections Fund Be Enough for Denver's Big Races?, Westword, November 19, 2022
- Denver disperses first round of Fair Elections Fund dollars to 15 candidates, Colorado Newsline, August 15, 2022
- Taxpayers fund Denver political campaings through the Fair Elections Fund, 9News NBC, August 15, 2022
- Focusing on balancing the candidate field, Denver's Fair Elections Fund starts disbursing money to candidates, Denver7 ABC, Aaugust 16, 2022
- Denver candidates receive first round of Fair Elections funding, Fox31, August 18, 2022
- In crowded city races, Denver's new fair election fund will face first test, Denver Post, August 9, 2022
- Denver Needs Clear Policies for Campaign Finance Matching, Denver Auditor's Office, May 19, 2022
- Reserved Domain Names Offer Sneak Peak at Denver Mayoral Run, Westword, March 7, 2022
- Fair Elections Funds Could Level the Denver Field in 2023, Westword, February 21, 2022
- Colorado school board races are big-money affairs. A new bill seeks to reign in donors through campaign finance limits. Colorado Sun, February 1, 2022, also in Aurora Sentinel, February 3, 2022
- Rep. Jason Crow, local leaders push for voting rights bill, civics education as Jan. 6 anniversary nears, Colorado Newsline, January 4, 2022
- Aurora City Council Passes Sweeping Campaign Finance Reform, Denver Gazette, November 4, 2020 (also Colorado Poliitics, November 5, 2020)
- Aurora lawmakers defeat minimum wage hike, greenlight campaign reform, anti-gang bill, Aurora Sentinel, November 3, 2020
- Denver City Council Votes 8-5 to continue "Fair Elections" funding, North Denver News, October 28, 2020
- Denver's Fair Elections Fund will be preserved, but City Council budget priorities still lack funding, Colorado Politics, October 27, 2020
- Denver City Council Votes Down Money Transfer From Fair Elections Fund, Westword, October 27, 2020
- Denver City Council won't suspend payments to Fair Elections Fund, Denver Post, October 26, 2020
- Denver school board candidate assails campaign cash as spending soars past $1.3 million, Colorado Politics, October 17, 2019
- Denver voters approved big campaign finance reforms -- now they'll elect a clerk and recorder to carry them out, The Denver Post, April 15, 2019
- Denver Mayor's Election Money Race Isn't Even Close, Westword, April 9, 2019
- Colorado takes steps to limit the influence of money in politics, Public News Service, January 21, 2019
- Peg Perl would like to take advantage of new tools available to the Denver clerk's office, Denverite, December 4, 2018
- Denver votes in favor of clean campaigns, The Villager, November 14, 2018
- In the first year of "Raise the Bar," it's a whole new world for Colorado politics, Denver Post, November 6, 2018
- State and Local Initiatives Put Democracy on the Ballot, U.S. News and World Report, November 2, 2018
- Two Approaches to Getting Big Money Out of Politics, The Colorado Independent, November 1, 2018
- Your Unofficial Guide to Denver's Ballot Issues, Westword, October 19, 2018
- Colorado's Democracy For The People Initiative Gains Attention, DU Clarion, October 1, 2018
- Campaign reform proposal could transform politics in Denver -- and beyond, Colorado Politics, August 29, 2018
- Denver Will Vote on Big Changes to Political Campaign Funding, 5280, August 28, 2018
- Campaign financing in Denver could look different in 2020 -- it's up to voters now, Denverite, August 27, 2018
- A Plan To Get Big Money Out of Denver City Elections, 9 News, August 20, 2018
- Proposed Campaign Finance Changes in Denver, The Ross Kaminsky Show, 630 KHOW, August 16, 2018
- Denver would match candidate contributions under campaign finance measure, Colorado Politics, August 16, 2018
- Taxpayer money might be spent to pay for campaigns for mayor, city council, Fox 31, August 14, 2018
- Backers of Denver campaign finance reform ballot measure agree to deal that would delay public financing, lower limits, Denver Post, August 14, 2018
- Election candidates could take up to $750,000 of public money under new Denver proposal, Denverite, August 14, 2018
- Colorado Governor's Race: An Expensive Campaign with a Major Gap in Disclosure, Colorado Public Radio, May 21, 2018
- Groups sign on to proposals to revamp redistricting in Colorado, Durango Herald, January 22, 2018
- Rein in 'dark money,' The Daily Sentinel, November 25, 2017
- Denver Voters to Decide on Campaign Finance Reform in 2008, Pagosa Daily Post, November 7, 2017
- Ballot Measure Targets Campaign Finance Rules for 2018 Elections, Public News Service, November 7, 2018
- Public financing and lower donation limits for Denver elections? Question is headed to ballot -- in 2018, The Denver Post, November 3, 2017
- Money & Politics: Denver's Municipal Elections, KGNU, April 27, 2015
Press Featuring Campaign Finance Reform
- Colorado lawmakers want to put clear guardrails around how dark money can be spent on ballot issues, Colorado Sun, May 6, 2022
- Campaign cash is lopsided as congressional candidates self-fund in Colorado's Republican primary for U.S. Senate, Colorado Sun, April 18, 2022
- Corporate Seditionists are No Better than the Seditionists Who Attacked the Capitol, RobertReich.org, January 17, 2022
- Campaign contributions to local officials may require recusal in rare cases, appeals court says, Colorado Politics, January 14, 2022
- Why Isn't Corporate America Behind the Pro-Democracy Movement?, RobertReich.substack.com, January 14, 2022
- Jimmy Carter: I Fear for Our Democracy, New York Times, January 5, 2022
- Some failed Colorado Congressional candidates still have lots of mondy in their campaign accounts. Here's why. Colorado Sun, December 28, 2021
- Colorado legislators consider cap on school board campaign contributions, Colorado Independent, January 31, 2020
- Sirota's bill to limit contributions in School Board Races survives first test, North Denver News, January 30, 2020
- Big Money and America's Lost Decade, Paul Krugman, New York Times, December 26, 2019
- Dark money flowing fastest in state judicial races, analysts find, The Fulcrum, December 12, 2019
- New Laws Make Colorado a National Leader on Campaign Finance, Pagosa Daily Post, August 2, 2019
- Where the 2020 Democrats stand on campaign finance reform, OpenSecrets.org, June 27, 2019
- Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold takes aim at 'massive secret political spending,' Colorado Independent, January 18, 2019
- States and Cities Have Already Shown Democrats' Democracy Reforms Will Work, Huff Post, January 10, 2019
- The Democratic House is taking on ethics reform first. We need it. The Washington Post, December 15, 2018
- House Democrats' big democracy reform package is good policy, and smart politics, Vox, December 10, 2018
- House Democrats and Nancy Pelosi waste no time, announce bill tackling America's corrupt campaign finance system, NBC News, December 8, 2018
- Democrats Have Their Package of Reform Bills In Hand. Here's How It All Came Together. Huffington Post, December 1, 2018
- The Democratic majority's first order of business: Restore democracy, The Washington Post, November 25, 2018
- N.Y. Democrats vowed to get big money out of politics. Will big money interfere? The New York Times, November 22, 2018
- LA City Council favors reducing barriors to campaign matching funds, Los Angeles Daily News, October 8, 2018
- BernCo again denies Democracy Dollars initiative, Albuquerque Journal, August 21, 2018
- Democracy In Crisis? Forbes, August 15, 2018
- The True Cost of Arming Our Teachers (Let's spend our money on hiring better politicians instead), Salon, March 11, 2018
- Six States Where Voters Could Push Democracy Forward in the Mid-terms, yes! magazine, February 23, 2018
- Voters will consider a record number of ballot initiatives to reform our democracy in 2018 elections, Mic, February 1, 2018
- Two strikes, one hit for The Centrist Project's test run in Colorado's local elections, The Colorado Independent, November 10, 2017
