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: