A step in the right direction in relation to campaign finance
Kimsch at Musing Minds links to what looks like a fantastic idea when applied to campaign finance:
Comptroller Dan Hynes today unveiled a user-friendly website that allows citizens to track political contributions made by companies that have state contracts.
“Open Book” is a searchable database of state contracts and campaign contributions that combines information from the Comptroller’s accounting system with official semi-annual campaign disclosure reports filed by political committees with the State Board of Elections (SBE).
This sounds like something every state should emulate. It would be one way to restore faith in the fairness and honesty involved in many of these contributions to political candidates.
Written by Sue
