Common Cause
"a nonpartisan nonprofit
advocacy organization founded in 1970 by John Gardner as a vehicle for
citizens to make their voices heard in the political process and to hold
their elected leaders accountable to the public interest."
Public Citizen: Congress Watch
OpenTheGovernment.org
coalition "seeks to advance
the public's right to know and reduce secrecy in government"
Project on Government Oversight
"founded in 1981, POGO is
an independent nonprofit that investigates and exposes corruption in order
to achieve a more accountable federal government."
Judicial Watch
"a conservative, non-partisan
educational foundation, promotes transparency, accountability and integrity
in government, politics and the law."
Citizens for Responsibility
and Ethics in Washington (CREW)
"a non-profit, progressive
legal watchdog group dedicated to holding public officials accountable
for their actions."
Federal Inspectors General
U.S. Department of
Justice: Freedom of Information Act
US. Department of
Justice: Public Integrity Section
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
The Council for Excellence in Government
Cato Institute:
Center for Representative Government
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
The Brookings Institution:
Governance Studies-Campaign Finance Reform
The Center for Responsive Politics
(opensecrets.org)
"a non-partisan, non-profit
research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics,
and its effect on elections and public policy."
PoliticalMoneyLine
"...seeks to facilitate
the general public access to information from government and non-government
sources on issues of vital relevance to the people. PoliticalMoneyLine
also seeks to inform and educate the public about critical issues of accountability,
governance, and representation."
The Campaign Finance Institute
"conducts objective research
and education, empanels task forces and makes recommendations for policy
change in the field of campaign finance."
The Reform Institute
"a nonprofit, nonpartisan
501(c)(3) educational organization dedicated to achieving those goals by
promoting open and fair elections by reducing the influence of special
interests in our politics, and by neutralizing the political influences
percolating into the reform debate."
Public Campaign
"non-profit, non-partisan
organization dedicated to sweeping reform that aims to dramatically reduce
the role of big special interest money in American politics." Specifically
advocates Clean Money Campaign Reform which provides "full public financing
for candidates who agree to spending limits and reject private contributions."
Federal Election Commission
The independent regulatory
agency created by Congress in 1975 to enforce the Federal Election Campaign
Act.
VOTING SYSTEMS INTEGRITY
Election Reform Information Project
(electionline.org)
"non-partisan, non-advocacy
website providing up-to-the-minute news and analysis on election reform."
United States Election Assistance Commission
Black Box Voting
nonpartisan, nonprofit,
501c(3) organization...consumer protection group for elections, funded
by citizen donations
Carter-Baker Commission on
Federal Election Reform
American University's Center
for Democracy and Election Management (CDEM) organized the Carter-Baker
Commission on Federal Election Reform, announced
on March 24, 2005.
The Commission, headed by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary
of State James Baker, released "Building Confidence in
U.S. Elections," a report
of its findings, including 87 recommendations, on September 19, 2005.
The Election
Center
In May 2005 The Election
Center's National Task Force on Election Reform issued a report containing
45 recommendations in the areas of voter registration,
election technology, and
redesigning elections.
Democracy in Action
Page on Post-2000 Reform Efforts
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FairVote
"seeks elections that promote
voter turnout, fair representation, inclusive policy and meaningful choices
by building on our nation's history of improving upon the American experiment.
As a catalyst for electoral reforms such as instant runoff voting, proportional
voting, direct election of the president and automatic voter registration,
we conduct research, analysis, education and organizing..."
Election Law (Rick Hasen's web
log)
"The law of politics and
the politics of law: election law, campaign finance, legislation, voting
rights, initiatives, redistricting, and the Supreme Court nomination process."
Ballot Access News (Richard Winger)
Third Party Watch (Austin Cassidy)
U.S. Term Limits
"To rally Americans to restore
citizen control of government by limiting the terms of politicians at the
local, state and congressional levels."
Why Tuesday?
"a bipartisan effort to
increase voter participation in our electoral process by moving our federal
Election Day from the first Tuesday in November to the first Saturday and
Sunday of the month."
American Association of Political Consultants
Citizenship Matters (NCLC and ECS)
Voter Participation: There are numerous groups dedicated to increasing voter participation.
U.S.
Electoral College (National Archives and Records Administration)
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