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Check here to find information and links important to the effort to reform and restore Illinois. To start, It would be great if a bit of common sense would be employed when dealing with governmental issues be it health care or access to public information (Transparency).
Public Financing
Illinois offers no alternative to the special interest rat race; candidates are too often forced to choose between their constituents and their contributors. Campaign Contribution Limits While most states limit big contributions from special interests, and candidates for federal office are barred from accepting any funds from corporations and unions, nor more than $2,000 from any individual donor, Illinois has absolutely no limit on how much, or from whom, candidates may collect. Ethics Reform The State Employees and Officers Ethics Act of 2003 was a big step forward for ethics reform in Illinois. With the current Licenses-for-Bribes scandal still at the forefront of the public consciousness, now is the time for the next step. Campaign Disclosure Illinois' election laws are in tune with the election calendar. But at the close of the legislative session, when special interests are most eager to influence legislators, the public is left in the dark. Lobbyist Reform Illinois has over 2,800 registered lobbyists; more than 15 for every member of the General Assembly. How do we keep lobbyists from overwhelming democracy? Media Reform ICPR is organizing support for this national grassroots campaign to improve television coverage of candidates and elections. Judicial Reform Illinois judges are caught in a web of campaign contributions from litigants, complex bar evaluations, partisan slating and primary endorsements that undermine public confidence in the impartiality of the judiciary and threaten judges' independence.
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