Last year's elections saw gains in use of the public campaign financing system among people of color, younger, and lower-income Seattleites, according to a new report. Read more here.

The Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe proves that our fundamental rights continue to be under attack.

Professor Rick Hasen, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, founded the Election Law Blog in 2003 to share news and analysis of election law issues.

Oakland voters will decide whether to start a “democracy voucher” program for residents to donate to candidates of their choosing, following in Seattle’s footsteps.

“If we want to increase democracy, if we want more people who are organizers in their communities to run for office, people who wouldn’t typically have the platform, or the capacity or the ability to run and win, this helps that happen,” Councilmember Carroll Fife said at the meeting. Read more here.

Today, a landmark democracy initiative officially qualified for the November ballot, as the present Oakland City Councilmembers unanimously voted to place the Oakland Fair Elections Act initiative on this year’s local ballot, centering voters and communities in local elections.

The Oakland Fair Elections Act would require the top three highest donors to be disclosed on all independent expenditures supporting or opposing Oakland candidates or measures.

The Fair Elections Oakland coalition has launched an effort to pass a public campaign financing program—called "Democracy Dollars"—like the vouchers used in Seattle elections since 2017.

The Fair Elections Oakland coalition has launched an effort to pass a public campaign financing program—called "Democracy Dollars"—like the vouchers used in Seattle elections since 2017.