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Carnegie Corporation
of New York supports or works with several nonpartisan organizations
that provide valuable information and research to the public about
campaign finance and judicial elections and advocate for needed
reforms. Following is a list of six of them, what they do, and how
to reach them:
The Institute on Money in State
Politics
The Institute on Money in State Politics maintains a comprehensive
database on state government campaign finances, searchable by industry
and occupation of contributors, as well as across state lines to
determine multi-state and national trends. Since 2000, it has compiled
contributions and spending data on judicial candidates in every
state where judges are elected. Its data have enabled the Brennan
Center for Justice and the Justice at Stake Campaign to produce
national overviews in each of the election cycles since that year.
The Institute on Money in State Politics
648 North Jackson, Suite 1
Helena, MT 59601
Telephone 406-449-2480
www.followthemoney.org
Brennan Center for Justice at New
York University
Named after the late Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.,
the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of
Law carries out an innovative agenda of scholarship, public education
and litigation to promote equality and human dignity in the areas
of criminal justice, poverty and democracy. To reach its major goal
of fairer, more impartial courts, the center’s Fair Courts
Project focuses attention on the problem of judicial elections and
advocates for improved systems for selection of state court judges.
Brennan Center for Justice
161 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Telephone 212-998-6730
www.brennancenter.org
Justice at Stake Campaign
Begun in 2002, this partnership of more than 30 judicial, legal
and citizen organizations advocates for reforms and defends an impartial
and fair judicial system from the growing influence of money and
special interests. It promotes such measures as public financing,
nonpartisan judicial elections, voter education, and responses to
attacks on the independence of judges. Its report, The New Politics
of Judicial Elections 2004, documented in detail the rise in
campaign contributions in elections of that year.
Justice at Stake Campaign
717 D Street, NW – Suite 203
Washington, DC 20004
Telephone 202-588-9700
www.justiceatstake.org
Committee for Economic Development
This nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of more than 220 business
leaders and university presidents since 1942 has addressed many
of the nation’s most pressing economic and social issues,
including education reform, workforce competitiveness, campaign
finance, health care, and global trade and finance. It has had a
special focus on campaign finance reforms, including those for election
of state judges.
Committee for Economic Development
2000 L Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone 1-800-676-7353 or 202-296-5860
www.ced.org
Democracy North Carolina
Formerly the North Carolina Project of Democracy South, this organization’s
programs emphasize reducing the power of special-interest money
and increasing the power of citizens in all aspects of the political
process. It was instrumental in gaining passage of a public financing
program for election of state supreme court and appellate judges
that was first implemented in 2004.
Democracy North Carolina
105 West Main Street
Carrboro, NC 27510
Telephone 919-967-9942
www.democracy-nc.org
The Illinois Campaign for Political
Reform
Founded in 1997 by former U.S. Senator Paul Simon and Lieutenant
Governor Bob Kustra, this organization advocates for reforms to
reduce the influence of special interest money on public institutions
and to restore voters to their rightful place at the center of state
government. Having helped document the record campaign spending
for state supreme court elections in 2004, it promotes changes that
include public financing for candidates in those elections.
Illinois Campaign for Political Reform
325 W. Huron, Suite 304
Chicago, IL 60610
Telephone 312-335-1767
www.ilcampaign.org
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