Clean Campaigns Document Index

Reports

1. Quantifying foreign institutional block ownership at publicly traded U.S. corporations, John C. Coates IV, Ronald A. Fein, Kevin Crenny, and L. Vivian Dong, Free Speech for People, October 2016

2. The SpeechNow Case and the Real World of Campaign Finance, Free Speech for People Issue Report 2016-02, Stephen R. Weissman, Free Speech for People, October 2016

3. Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections: The Analytic Process and Cyber Incident Attribution, Intelligence Community Assessment, National Intelligence Council, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, January 6, 2017

4. The SpeechNow Case and the Real World of Campaign Finance Part II: Undermining Federal Limits on Contributions to Political Parties, Free Speech for People Issue Report 2017-01, Stephen R. Weissman, Free Speech for People, May 2017

5. Getting Foreign Funds Out of America's Elections, Ian Vandewalker and Lawrence Norden, Preface by Richard A. Clarke, Brennan Center of Justice at New York University School of Law, 2018

6. Democracy Voucher Biennial Report 2017, Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, 2018

7. "Statement at Press Briefing on Election Security", Christopher Wray, FBI Director, Federal Bureau of Intelligence, August 2, 2018

8. Joint Statement from the ODNI, DOJ, FBI and DHS: Combating Foreign Influence in U.S. Elections, Director of National Intelligence, October 19, 2018

9. Ending Foreign-Influenced Corporate Spending in U.S. Elections, Michael Slozan, Center for American Progress, November 2019

Letters and Expert Testimony

10. "How Our Broken Campaign Finance System Could Allow Foreign Governments to Buy Influence in Our Elections and What We Can Do About It," remarks of Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub, Federal Election Commission, Testimony before the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, July 19, 2017

11. Letter to Councilmember M. Lorena Gonzlez from Ron Fein, Legal Director and John Bonifaz, President, Free Speech for People, April 30, 2019

12. Letter to Brendan Donckers, Chair, and Hardeep Singh Rekhi, Vice Chair, Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission from Albert W. Alschuler, Julius Kreeger Professor, Emeritus, The University of Chicago Law School, July 26, 2019

13. Letter to Brendan Donckers, Chair, and Hardeep Singh Rekhi, Vice Chair, Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission regarding "Proposed ordinance to limit contributions to super PACs and political spending by foreign-influenced corporations" from Laurence H. Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard University, August 1, 2019

14. Letter to Brendan Donckers, Chair, and Hardeep Singh Rekhi, Vice Chair, Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission regarding "Political spending by foreign-influenced corporations limits on contributions to super PACs from Ron Fein, Legal Director, Free Speech for People, August 5, 2019

15. Letter to the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission from Ellen L. Weintraub, Chair, Federal Election Commission, August 6, 2019

16. Testimony of Stephen R. Weissman to the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission on Proposal to Limit Contributions to Super PACs, August 6, 2019

17. Letter to Brendan Donckers, Chair, Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission regarding "Proposed Legislation to Limit Independent Expenditure Contributions and Amending Reporting Requirements," from Councilmember M. Lorena Gonzlez, August 7, 2019

18. Letter to Brendan Donckers, Chair, Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission from Judge Anne Levinson (Ret.) Chair, Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, August 24, 2019

19. Letter to Councilmember M. Lorena Gonzlez from Wayne Barnett, Executive Director, Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, November 15, 2019

20. Letter to Seattle City Councilmembers from John C. Coates IV, John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard Law School, January 3, 2020

21. Letter to the Seattle City Council regarding "Proposed ordinance to limit political spending by foreign-influenced corporations" from Laurence H. Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard University, January 3, 2020

22. Letter to Seattle City Council from Ron Fein, Legal Director, Free Speech for People, January 6, 2020

23. Letter to Seattle City Councilmembers from Ellen L. Weintraub, Commissioner, Federal Elections Commission, January 6, 2020

Council Staff Memoranda and Presentations

24. Memorandum to the Seattle City Council Gender Equity, Safe Communities, New Americans and Education Committee regrading Council Bill 119701, Clean Campaigns Act, Lish Whitson, Seattle City Council Central Staff, December 17, 2019

25. Memorandum to the Seattle City Council Select Committee on Campaign Finance Reform regarding the Clean Campaigns Acts from Lish Whitson, Analyst, Seattle City Council Central Staff, January 3, 2020

26. Memorandum to the Seattle City Council regarding the Clean Campaigns Acts from Lish Whitson, Analyst, Seattle City Council Central Staff, January 9, 2020

27. Presentation regarding Clean Campaigns Bill, Council Bill 119701,to the Gender Equity, Safe Communities, New Americans, and Education Committee, Lish Whitson, Analyst, Seattle City Council Central Staff, December 11, 2019

28. Presentation regarding Clean Campaigns Acts, (Council Bills 119730, 119731, 119732) to the Select Committee on Campaign Finance Reform, Lish Whitson, Analyst, Seattle City Council Central Staff, January 7, 2020