Analysis reveals tie of Democrats, Republicans and money is wholly corrupted by Citizens United
Election Transparency articles on Democracy Chronicles
These election transparency articles focus on efforts to introduce openness, communication, and accountability into all levels of government elections. Also see our sections on American democracy and Money Politics.
FEC is Rotting as Transparency and Regulation Suffer
Charged with regulating elections, FEC is rotting with little getting done at failing institution
Dark Money Dominates Anti-Environment Lobbying
Climate change denial and anti-environment lobbying is largely financed by enormous amount of untraceable dark money
Technology Makes Possible Vast Democracy Upgrades
Online elections, direct democracy, and unprecedented connectivity all possible democracy upgrades
Inside the Federal Election Commission
Inside the Federal Election Commission is highly polarized and paralyzed by hyper partisanship
INFOGRAPHIC: Who Owns Your Congress?
Some of the information on who donates to Congress is public, allowing creation of this cool infographic from Open Secrets. Who Owns Your Congress?
Election Expert Warns of Secret Tide of Dark Money
Influx tide of dark money billions donated by super-rich and big business is threat to democracy in America
Government Transparency Website in New Hurdles
Bill could strengthen government transparency website for accountability if kinks are worked out
White House off Limits to Press
The problem isn’t only the fact that the White House is holding meetings closed to the press- it’s compounded by the issue that these ‘closed meetings’ are publicly displayed by their own media service, with no independent measure of the events and details surrounding the meetings.White House off Limits
The IRS Can Act to Expose Corruption With Transparency
IRS can act to expose corruption with transparency measures for Congress and to fight the dark money that has corrupted politics since Citizens United start