Documents for Download:

• Money in Politics 101 - This document outlines how organizations can get started using statewide and legislative election data.
• Money in Politics Research: What Is It Good For? - This piece shows how money in politics research can be used in issue organizing, electoral organizing, and organizing for civil rights, economic equity and democratic government practices.
• Election Alternatives - Memo framing campaign finance reform through the lenses of race and class.

Helpful Web Sites:

• Institute on Money in State Politics - The Institute on Money in State Politics is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to accurate, comprehensive and unbiased documentation and research on campaign finance at the state level. The Institute develops searchable databases, makes them available to the public online, and analyzes the information to determine the role campaign money plays in public policy debates in the states. The Institute also publishes studies and provides technical assistance and training to reporters, academic researchers and public interest groups that work on state policy issues.
• Money in Politics Research Action Project (Oregon) - The Money in Politics Research Action Project is a non-partisan, not-for-profit group whose goals are to increase accountability and opportunities for participation in politics. We welcome your questions and information requests.
• Public Campaign - Public Campaign is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to sweeping reform that aims to dramatically reduce the role of big special interest money in American politics. Public Campaign is laying the foundation for reform by working with a broad range of organizations, including community groups around the country that are fighting for change in their states and national organizations whose members are not fairly represented under the current system. Together we are building a network of national and state-based efforts to create a powerful national force for federal reform.