Most of the attention about ballot measures in Colorado will be set on the legalization of marijuana, but there was even more widespread agreement among Colorado voters that our money in politics problems have to be fixed and their preferred tool is a federal constitutional amendment that would allow us to limit campaign contributions and spending. 73% of Colorado voters cast their ballot for Amendment 65.

Some quotes from our press release:

“During this campaign, we talked with countless Colorado voters who were fed up with the …

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is a longtime critic of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United, which removed corporate limits on political spending and led to the rise of super PACs. But on Tuesday, he criticized the decision at a “storm relief” event in Bowling Green, Ohio, with Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel, who has been a huge beneficiary of the spending.

“I think it’s been a disaster,” McCain said to reporters in answering a question on the decision, according to the Toledo Blade. “There …

Wealthy individuals and the corporations they run account for $346 million of the amount raised by mega-donors. Unions donating $500,000 and more have given $75.2 million, and other groups like candidate committees, party committees, super PACs, PACs, non-profits and trade associations giving $500,000 or more have given $22.7 million.

Read full article: Sheldon Adelson Leads Super PAC Mega-Donors To Dominance In 2012

Danny Katz, Director of CoPIRG (Colorado Public Interest Research Group) talks to the Alliance Center tenants about Amendment 65.

Watch the video here.

Join us in telling Kevin Bacon to Vote Yes on Amendment 65 – so we can stand together to get big money out of politics.

If you’ve ever played the game, then you know that everyone is connected within Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. While THAT Kevin Bacon lives in Los Angeles and can’t vote on Amendment 65, there are people in Colorado named Kevin Bacon who are within six degrees of all of us and if we can get enough people to forward this message …

Diverse Faith Leaders Call for Change in Flood of Special Interest Money into Politics, Demand Leaders Pursue Bold Solutions to this Crisis of our Democracy

Denver, Colorado – A multifaith, multiracial group of 40 faith leaders from across the state of Colorado are speaking out in support of critical campaign finance reform at the same time that Coloradans are considering how to vote on Amendment 65.

Pastors, Reverends, Rabbis, Priests, Theologians, and Sisters have signed a letter calling out the dangers of unchecked money in our elections …

Here are some charts that might be helpful as you break down the contributors to the two major party candidates running in Colorado congressional district number six. These contributions were pulled from FEC.gov in September.

In-State vs. Out-Of-State Individual Contributions

Indivividual vs. PAC contributions

Top 20 Financial Contributors

Candidate

Rep. Mike Coffman

Joe Miklosi

1.
Liberty Media: Media/Entertainment conglomerate. Subsidiaries include: Starz Media, Atlanta Braves, Overture Productions.

*Colorado Based Company

Total: $19,000

From PAC: $8,500

From Individuals: 10,500

Spent $16.5 Million on Lobbying between 2008-2012
International Brotherhood …

The Associated Press interviewed voters recently about the television ad blitz in swing states.

Indeed, many of the commercials at this late stage are aimed at those voters who have not yet locked in on their selection. The target audience includes people such as Felicity Rusnak, a stay-at-home mom from Orlando. But Rusnak, 40, says she pays no attention to the ads and will rely on other sources of information to make up her mind.

Read full article: Political ads blitz viewers, risk voter turn off

WATCH VIDEO HERE

Amendment 65 was debated at the Colorado Social Legislation Committee ballot forum this week. Facing off was Elena Nunez, Executive Director at Colorado Common Cause on the pro side and Ari Armstrong, contributor with the Objective Standard, representing the con arguments.

The “Stop the Greed” bus tour rolled into Denver, Colorado today and helped boost support for an important state ballot question on corporate political donations. PFAW’s Colorado Coordinator Ellen Dumm joined Elena Nunez of Colorado Common Cause (pictured above) and Luis Toro of Ethics Watch in support of the bus tour and a ballot initiative to overturn Citizens United.

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The Koch brothers have also bankrolled the controversial conservative group True the Vote, which has been accused of challenging eligible voters at the polls and disrupting elections.

Link to People …