6 Ways This New Site Makes Following Illinois Campaign Finances Easy

There is a brand new website that lets you track and find the money used in Illinois politics and government.

The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform revealed its automated, new, Illinois Sunshine campaign finance website that provides information on all major campaign donations and spending, including those of Super PACs and other types of campaign groups.

Susan Garrett, chair of the board of the non-profit Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, called the new site cutting-edge, innovative and ahead of other, more nationally focused campaign finance sites.

• Campaign data, shared directly from the Illinois State Board of Elections website, now will be updated daily each morning.
• The site collects, tallies and shares complete campaign data from 1994, when the state elections board first began digitizing data, to the present.
• As campaigns, candidates and committees update reports -- often at the last minute -- new contributions and spending will be added to old reports to present a full and complete picture of donations and spending.
• The site features several charts and infographics that give citizens a look at things like spending levels in all Illinois campaigns over time, top earners in the last 30 days, committees with the highest current amounts, and more.
• The site features a simple search box and explanations for the different types of filings and schedules as well as types of candidates, campaigns, independent and non-independent expenditures committees and more t0 aid to citizens who might not immerse themselves in the world of campaign finance all the time.
• Each campaign or committee has its own full page with simple facts about contributions, spending, major donors and more.

To see four more reasons why the campaign finance website makes following money better for you, including more information about Illinois Sunshine, check out Reboot Illinois or click the image below.

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