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'Regnat Populus'

Proposal to require reporting of independent campaign expenditures gets cleared

The attorney general has approved the form of a proposed initiated act that would require reporting of contributions to independent political ads.
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Rutledge approves campaign finance reform ballot measure from Regnat Populus

Yesterday, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge certified a proposed initiated act by the good government citizens' group Regnat Populus to regulate electioneering expenses.
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Rutledge faults campaign spending initiative UPDATE

The effort by the grassroots good government group Regnat Populus to get a measure on the ballot to require disclosure of backers of independent campaign expenditures and to ratify a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court has been set back by Attorney General Leslie Rutledge.

Marching to overturn Citizens United

Arkansas and national groups participated in a march this morning to demonstrate support for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United ruling by which the U.S. Supreme Court gave corporattions freedom to spend unlimited amounts on elections.
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The next frontier in ethics in Arkansas

Regnat Populus wants to close an egregious loophole in campaign finance law.

One other Supreme Court holdover: On election petition law

A state appeal of a lawsuit that struck down a law aimed at limiting the petition process is among the loose ends left by the Arkansas Supreme Court when its term for 2014 ended.
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Work begins on amendment to tighten campaign finance law

Regnat Populus, the grassroots good government group, has begun its effort to tighten campaign finance law and increase the transparency of campaign spending.

Regnat Populus cheers ethics victory; plans further battle against corporate politics

Paul Spencer, the Little Rock teacher whose leadership of the Regnat Populus government ethics drive planted the seed for the ethics reforms approved by voters last week in Issue 3, has posted a long letter on Facebook recounting the effort, thanking those who helped, noting the obstacle presented by legislative obfuscation on term limits and also announcing further plans.
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Ben Cohen brings ice cream and activism to Little Rock

I'd mentioned earlier that Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, would speak at the Clinton School at noon next Tuesday.

Ethics gone wild

In 2012, advocates of an initiated act on ethics in Arkansas initially put forward by the grassroots group Regnat Populus worked for months to interest national good government groups like Common Cause to invest in the effort to gain the signatures necessary to place the legislation on the ballot.
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Bookout's $267,000 and Darr's double-dips: They make case for campaign finance reform

https://sites.google.com/site/ockertarchives/columns-2013/political-ethics Citizens should make ethics a major issue in District 21 special election

Group seeks to make Arkansas first Southern state to reject Citizens United

Huffington Post gives national attention to the drive by an Arkansas group, Regnat Populus, to overcome the Citizens United ruling that extended personhood to corporations for purposes of political campaign spending.
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