Federal Election Commission - Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

What's Next For Campaign Finance?

Thomas E. Mann, July 24, 2008, The American Prospect

Thomas Mann frequently appeared in the media to offer comprehensive analysis of and justification for the proposed contribution limits and other fixes to the existing campaign finance structures. But now, as the Obama campaign continues to shatter assumptions about fundraising, Mann discussed with Abby Rapoport of The American Prospect on how new efforts at reform should focus more on public funding of candidates and less on contribution limits.
Read More

Campaign Finance, Political Campaigns, Elections, U.S. Politics, Federal Election Commission

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Money in the 2008 Elections

Thomas E. Mann, July 01, 2008, The Chautauquan Daily

Thomas Mann examines the virtues of the presidential public financing system and whether the existing laws should be reconsidered in light of recent practices from presidential nominees. Read More

Campaign Finance, U.S. Politics, Elections, Politics, Political Campaigns

PAST EVENT

Election Fraud: Detecting and Deterring Electoral Manipulation

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC

Drawing on social science research from the U.S. and abroad, Election Fraud: Detecting and Deterring Electoral Manipulation (Brookings, 2008), explores ways to define, measure and detect fraud, and makes recommendations for reform. On May 21, the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project hosted a discussion with the book’s editors, R. Michael Alvarez of Caltech, Thad Hall of the University of Utah and Susan Hyde of Yale University. Read More

U.S. Politics, Elections, Political Campaigns, Federal Election Commission

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

A Review of Proposed Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

May 20, 2008, AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project

Election officials may be concerned about the security and accuracy of their systems in the short-term, but the EAC has been considering new guidelines that will affect voting systems far into the future. A task force of the Election Reform Project issued a set of recommendations on improving these guidelines. Read More

U.S. Politics, Elections, Politics, Governance, Federal Election Commission

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

A Collapse of the Campaign Finance Regime?

Thomas E. Mann, April 16, 2008, The Forum, Volume 6, Issue 1

The fascinating 2008 presidential election has produced recent campaign finance developments, writes Thomas Mann, suffiently dramatic as to raise questions about the viability of the entire regime of campaign finance law. Read More

Campaign Finance, U.S. Politics, Courts, U.S. Congress, Elections

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Campaign Finance: Is Unregulated Spending the Most Effective Way to Ensure Citizens Have the Power to Speak to Their Government?

Thomas E. Mann, July 13, 2007, Los Angeles Times

Is money in politics a problem at all, or is unregulated spending the most effective way to ensure citizens have the power to speak to their government? Thomas Mann and Bradley Smith debate on the future of campaign finance reform. Read More

Campaign Finance, U.S. Politics, Political Campaigns, Elections, U.S. Judiciary

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Campaign Finance: Matching Candidates' Scratch

Thomas E. Mann, July 12, 2007, Los Angeles Times

Are matching funds ever going to work at the federal level? Can they succeed at the state and local levels? Thomas E. Mann and Bradley Smith debate the future of campaign finance reform.

Campaign Finance, Courts, U.S. Politics, Political Campaigns, Elections

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Suppressing Political Speech?

Thomas E. Mann, July 09, 2007, Opportunity 08: What Matters

A recent Supreme Court ruling allows paid ads by unions and corporations to run right up until Election Day. Brookings Thomas Mann argues that the decision gutted a good faith effort by Congress to limit the influence of money in politics. Read More

Campaign Finance, Courts, U.S. Politics, Political Campaigns, Elections