Editing Common Cause (section)

==== 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>