Editing Common Cause (section)

===Money in politics===
In 1972, Common Cause sued President [[Richard Nixon]]'s re-election campaign, the [[Committee for the Re-Election of the President]], under the [[Federal Corrupt Practices Act]] in an attempt to force Nixon's campaign to report early campaign contributions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19730314&id=nxozAAAAIBAJ&pg=7085,1356642&hl=en|title=Common Cause resumes Nixon finance lawsuit|date=March 24, 1973|publisher=Lodi News-Setinenl|agency=United Press International|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> The lawsuit forced the disclosure of the names of several Nixon donors.<ref name="tuttle">{{cite news|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/418021/common-causes-georgia-purge-ian-tuttle|title=Common Cause's Georgia Purge|date=May 7, 2015|magazine=National Review|last1=Tuttle|first1=Ian|access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> In 1974, Common Cause supported passage of the [[Federal Election Campaign Act]] (FECA), encompassing public financing of presidential campaigns and oversight of campaign ethics through the [[Federal Election Commission]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Common Cause's uncommon role|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1980/0905/090512.html|access-date=3 February 2017|work=The Christian Science Monitor}}</ref>

==== Publicly-financed elections ====
Common Cause has advocated [[public financing of elections]] in order to decrease the influence of special-interest contributions. The group's most successful [[Campaign finance reform in the United States|campaign finance reform]] efforts have been in New York City in 1999;<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smothers|first1=Ronald|title=Taking on Campaign Finance Laws, Locally|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/06/nyregion/taking-on-campaign-finance-laws-locally.html|access-date=3 February 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 October 1999 }}</ref> Connecticut in 2005; [[Montgomery County, Maryland]] in 2014;<ref>{{cite web|title=Montgomery County Passes Small Donor Campaign Finance Reform Bill Provides Model for Other Counties, State|date=30 September 2014|url=http://www.commoncause.org/press/press-releases/montgomery-county-passes-small-donor-campaign-finance-reform.html|publisher=Common Cause|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> Portland, Oregon in 2016; Howard County, Maryland in 2017; Prince George's County, Maryland in 2018; and California.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Baker|first1=Gavin|title=Ban on citizen-funded elections means more special-interest money in politics|url=http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article125713889.html|access-date=3 February 2017|publisher=Sacramento Bee}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Walters|first1=Dan|title=Public campaign financing should require voter approval in California|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/dan-walters/article125044134.html|access-date=3 February 2017|newspaper=Sacramento Bee}}</ref>