But...I still wish they could take back control of Primary Debates from the Mainstream Media. Their website is pretty user friendly.
Other issues they work on:
One Year Later: Money Still Floods Our Elections
04/02/2015 | Nancy Tate
McCutcheon v FEC, U.S. Supreme Court
Today marks one year since the U.S.Supreme Court invalidated limits on the total amount an individual can donate to candidates or political parties in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (FEC).
As LWVUS president Elisabeth MacNamara stated at the time, in this decision the Court said that big money is worth more than the voices of individual citizens.
League Joins Letter to U.S. House on H.R. 425
The League joined a letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives encouraging them to support and cosponsor H.R. 425, legislation that would end coordination between Super PACs and candidates.
Testifying to the FEC on the Role of Money in Politics
02/13/2015 | Elisabeth MacNamara
Federal elections commission, Citizens United, Campaign Finance
Saturday marks the 95th anniversary of the founding of the League of Women Voters. When Carrie Chapman Catt called for a League of Women Voters to “finish the fight,” she was talking about more than just the fight for women’s suffrage.
FEC Hearing on "Corruption in the Political Process"
President MacNamara offered testimony at a hearing held by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on February 11, 2015. The hearing follows a comment period where thousands of citizens expressed their concern over the need for stricter disclosure rules and to strengthen regulations on coordination between candidates and secret, dark money groups. President MacNamara called on the agency to update regulations on campaign finance laws to provide full disclosure in light of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions
Citizens United and McCutcheon v. FEC.
League to Federal Election Commission: “Protect the Voters and Enforce the Law”
02/11/2015 | Kelly Ceballos
McCutcheon v FEC, Federal Election Commission, campaign finance reform, political corruption, SuperPACs, political action committee
League President MacNamara urges the FEC to update campaign finance regulations to provide full disclosure so that the Citizens United decision does not continue as the giant loophole for secret giving that it has become
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