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  1. Citizens United: New York, California and Washington

    By Ryan Sibley Jun 29, 2010 1:45 p.m.

    The Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United v. FEC case has rendered 24 states' election laws unconstitutional. The 5-4 ruling in favor of Citizens United reversed a provision of the McCain-Feingold act that prohibited any electioneering communication—defined as advertising via broadcast, cable or satellite that is paid for by corporations or labor unions. Many states have acted fast to counter corporations’ ability to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections by passing laws that force disclosure of all independent expenditures in near real time. The Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group has decided to report what each of these states is doing to respond to the highly-contested ruling. Today we're looking at states that didn't have to change their rules, but have anyway:

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  2. States of Transparency: Washington

    By Sarah Dorsey Jun 25, 2010 12:17 p.m.

    The Open Government Directive encouraged states to put valuable government data online. In this series we're reviewing each state's efforts in this direction.

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