Friday, March 25, 2011

Research results on the usability of state-level candidate and initiative campaign finance data from all 50 states

From a National Institute on Money in State Politics research article, which doesn't offer reader commenting -- for details, please check out the entire article.
"To assess the current state of campaign-finance disclosure across the country, the Institute surveyed the 2010 disclosure practices in each of the 50 states. The survey closely examined five disclosure aspects of contributions data filed by state-level candidates, political party committees and ballot measure committees: accessibility, timeliness, accuracy, completeness and searchability. Although others have conducted national examinations of state campaign-finance laws, the Institute’s survey examined disclosure practices from a public user’s perspective."
This is great information on the quality of candidate and initiative campaign finance disclosure in your own state government -- check it out when you hope to see how an important state-level campaign is being paid.

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