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Campaign Finance Poll


The Illinois Reform Commission has proposed a series of reforms for Illinois government and politics. Among those reforms are 9 reforms to campaign finance. Please rate your position on these forms below:

Part I - Campaign Finance

1) Requiring year-round, real-time submission of campaign disclosure filings
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • Oppose unless amended
    Suggested changes:

2) Requiring disclosure of campaign contribution “bundlers”
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • Oppose unless amended
    Suggested changes:

3) Requiring greater disclosure of those making independent expenditures on behalf of a campaign
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • Oppose unless amended
    Suggested changes:

4) Imposing limits on contributions to political campaigns from all sources
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • Oppose unless amended
    Suggested changes:

5) Banning campaign contributions from lobbyists and trusts, and extending bans on contributions from state employees, entities seeking state contracts and entities engaged in regulated industries
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • Oppose unless amended
    Suggested changes:

6) Holding primary elections in June
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • Oppose unless amended
    Suggested changes:

7) Enacting a pilot project for public financing of judicial elections in 2010, with an eye toward expanding the program to elections of statewide legislative officials and Constitutional posts
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • Oppose unless amended
    Suggested changes:

8) Enhancing powers of the Illinois State Board of Elections
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • Oppose unless amended
    Suggested changes:

9) Creating more robust discovery and enforcement mechanisms
  • Support
  • Oppose
  • Oppose unless amended
    Suggested changes: