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Coronavirus Drives Vote By Mail Efforts, But Barriers Remain

The coronavirus pandemic has already prompted state after state to delay their primary elections, including a chaotic last-minute scramble in Ohio last week and depressed turnout in states that went ahead. The disruptions are prompting...

By Carrie Levine/Center for Public Integrity March 23, 2020

Congress Could Raid an Unused Campaign Fund to Help Pay For Coronavirus Relief

Pop quiz: Name the last major-party presidential nominee who tapped into the publicly financed Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Answer: Republican John McCain, in 2008. In the dozen years since, presidential candidates — from Barack Obama...

By Dave Levinthal/Center for Public Integrity March 20, 2020

A Dark Money Lobbyist Is Helping Steve Bullock's 2020 Campaign

Will an August fundraiser undercut the reformist governor’s core message?

By Laura Zornosa / Center for Public Integrity July 8, 2019

'Cocaine Mitch' McConnell Made $70,000 on T-Shirts

“Cocaine Mitch” is moving product. At $35 a pop, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s re-election campaign has sold more than 2,000 T-shirts referencing the derogatory, drug-themed nickname a former opponent once gave him. The $70,000-plus...

By Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity May 22, 2019

2020 Democrats Talk Up Small Donors, But Stay Quiet on Bundlers

Most Democrats who want to win the White House have all but fetishized small-dollar donors. Enthusiastic supporters who contribute $20 here or $50 there offer candidates grassroots street cred during a presidential primary season in...

By Dave Levinthal / Center for Public Integrity April 22, 2019

Jill Stein Is Belatedly Paying Off Her 2016 Campaign Fines

Jill Stein has finally paid her fines. Mostly. Stein’s 2016 Green Party presidential campaign committee cut the Federal Election Commission a $41,735.31 check in late December — an effort to resolve the committee’s mounting legal...

By Dave Levinthal / Center for Public Integrity February 25, 2019

President Trump Honored a GOP Megadonor. Here's Why Some Republicans Are Worried

President Donald Trump will today present the nation’s highest civilian honor to Miriam Adelson, one of the Republican Party’s pre-eminent megadonors. Trump is hardly the first president to honor a political supporter, and the White...

By Carrie Levine and Dave Levinthal / Center for Public Integrity November 16, 2018

Senate Candidates Must Now File Campaign Finance Reports Online

For the first time, U.S. Senate candidates must file campaign finance reports electronically, giving the public more immediate access to information about the candidates' campaign donors and spending. President Donald Trump signed the measure into...

By Rosie Cima / Center for Public Integrity September 21, 2018

State Dept. Hired Cambridge Analytica's Parent Co.

Newly unearthed documents describing the relationship between SCL Group, parent company of embattled data firm Cambridge Analytica, and the State Department provide a rare glimpse into the nation’s effort to counter terrorist propaganda. The $500,000,...

By Pratheek Rebala / Center for Public Integrity August 21, 2018

120 State Lawmakers Met to Practice Overhauling the Constitution

Amid historic re-enactors wearing tricorn hats and carrying muskets, more than 120 state legislators from all over the country pretended to overhaul the U.S. Constitution two years ago in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. But some believe...

By Sanya Mansoor / Center for Public Integrity August 1, 2018
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