CitizenSovereignty.orgtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-2619272009-01-05T15:51:06-05:00New ways for more people to participate in political life.TypePadPreferring Patriot dollars to donutstag:typepad.com,2003:post-609041702009-01-05T15:51:06-05:002009-01-05T15:51:06-05:00With retirement comes reflection. Stepping forward today in favor of campaign finance reform are Pamela Finmark and William Chalmers. Now that their political consulting and "donut" fundraising days now firmly behind them, they write in the Los Angeles Times that...WilliamCorbetthttp://www.citizensovereignty.com/citizensovereigntyorg/2009/01/preferring-patriot-dollars-to-donuts.htmlParticipation in online campaign donations doubles from 2004tag:typepad.com,2003:post-589795682008-11-24T11:46:46-05:002008-11-24T11:46:46-05:00From the Pew Internet and American Life Project: [As of June 15, 2008,] "At this point in the campaign, 8% of internet users (representing 6% of all adults) have donated money to a candidate online. This is a notable increase...WilliamCorbetthttp://www.citizensovereignty.com/citizensovereigntyorg/2008/11/online-campaign-donations-double-from-2004.htmlElection '08: Last of a kind?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-586133782008-11-17T12:12:06-05:002008-11-17T12:12:06-05:00Over 130 million voters cast ballots on November 4. The turnout of the voting-eligible population reached 61%, its highest since 1968, when the military draft touched lives in every community. This year's democratic resurgence holds modest promise for involving more...WilliamCorbetthttp://www.citizensovereignty.com/citizensovereigntyorg/2008/11/election-08-last-of-a-kind.htmlWild and Wonderful West Virginiatag:typepad.com,2003:post-569856992008-10-14T14:33:02-04:002008-10-14T14:33:02-04:00The New York Times and Slate report on the possibility that the Supreme Court of the United States will accept any or all of three cases from West Virginia that involve millions of dollars of campaign donations to state supreme...WilliamCorbetthttp://www.citizensovereignty.com/citizensovereigntyorg/2008/10/wild-and-wonderful-west-virginia.htmlSmall donor democracy & large television audiencestag:typepad.com,2003:post-569841912008-10-14T14:02:12-04:002008-10-14T14:02:12-04:00Lost in the noise of the presidential campaign is some good news: The demise of the public financing system for presidential elections, which was devised after Watergate, and the rise of small donor democracy via the Internet. Senator Obama's fundraising...WilliamCorbetthttp://www.citizensovereignty.com/citizensovereigntyorg/2008/10/small-donor-democracy-large-television-audiences.htmlSame sex marriage in America - deliberated (not demagogued)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-557555802008-09-17T13:26:33-04:002008-09-17T13:26:33-04:00News from PopCity in Pittsburgh: On Saturday, Sept. 27th, about 400 participants across the state will participate in the first statewide “Deliberative Poll on the Issue of Marriage in America.” Carnegie Mellon University, which houses the initiative with assistance from...WilliamCorbetthttp://www.citizensovereignty.com/citizensovereigntyorg/2008/09/same-sex-marriage-in-america---deliberated-not-demagogued.html