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Articles of Interest

Press Featuring CleanSlateNow Action and The Fair Elections Act/Democracy for the People (Measure 2E

  • The Fair Elections Fund Made a Difference in Mayor's Race: A Negative Difference, Denver Gazette, June 3, 2023
  • 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

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