Mandle

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Michael J. Malbin

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Ian Vandewalker

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Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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Theda Skocpol and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez

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Democracy Initiative Education Fund

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Scott Greytak, Alicia Bannon, Allyse Falce, and Linda Casey

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Chisun Lee, Katherine Valde, Benjamin T. Brickner, and Douglas Keith

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Brennan Center for Justice

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The Political Participation Group of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.

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Sean McElwee

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Campaign Legal Center

Wondering how we got to a point where the Democratic and Republican parties are each counting on about $60 million in corporate funding? See the Campaign Legal Center's timeline that shows how we got here and that it wasn't always this way.

Campaign Legal Center, Issue One

This report from Campaign Legal Center and Issue One (both featured in this guide) provides a comprehensive overview of how reform has been implemented across the country and best practices for legislators and advocates enacting change in their local communities. 

Brennan Center for Justice

On issues ranging from voting rights to money in politics to redistricting, the Brennan Center’s “Democracy Agenda” outlines several steps the next president, Congress, and the states can take to boost participation and make elections more fair for average Americans.

Small Planet Institute, International IDEA

Looking beyond the United States, how does the rest of the world handle money in politics and elections generally? In cooperation with International Institute for Democracy Education and Assistance (International IDEA), Small Planet Institute created this fact sheet to provide a global take on electoral politics

Democracy Spring and Democracy Awakening demanded that our legislators make the much-needed changes our country needs to rescue our democracy from the corruption of big money. Democracy Spring asked congress to support five measures, which have already been proposed in the house.

What do the American people actually want when it comes to money in politics? Small Planet Institute scoured the most reputable public opinion pollsters to create a snapshot of public opinion on campaign finance reform.

Center for Media and Democracy, Common Cause, Demos, Every Voice, People for the American Way, Public Citizen, U.S. P.I.R.G.

Co-authored by many of the organizations in this guide, this report is a primer and a sort of "state of the movement" document at once. "This report shows where we’ve been and—more important—where we’re going. "

The crisis for democracy isn't that candidates can win simply by spending the most - it's that more and more money is needed to even get in a race; and once elected, legislators feel more beholden to the wealthy individuals and corporate interests who fund them than to the people they're supposed to represent.

Our very own Frances Moore Lappe offers her thoughts on the larger movement which encompasses, inspires, and shapes the movement to get money out of politics. Here, she shares her reflections on a growing movement the likes of which she's never seen in her life and career as an activist.