Campaign Finance and Citizens United: What Went Wrong and How Can We Fix It?

Trevor Gervais, lead organizer with Common Cause Illinois, explained the 2010 Citizens United decision and its effects on the 2016 presidential race and Illinois contests. He walked through proposed remedies (a constitutional amendment, the risks of a constitutional convention, Arizona-style clean elections, and the small-donor "Fair Elections" match being pushed in Chicago) and discussed the just-issued court ruling suspending Illinois election-day registration. A long audience Q&A followed.