{"id":474,"date":"2006-08-17T06:28:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-17T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/08\/new-web-site-a-venue-for-quick-easy-and-public-campaign-finance-reporting\/"},"modified":"2006-08-17T06:28:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-17T12:28:00","slug":"new-web-site-a-venue-for-quick-easy-and-public-campaign-finance-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/08\/new-web-site-a-venue-for-quick-easy-and-public-campaign-finance-reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"New web site a venue for quick, easy and public campaign finance reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Conservative political blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marioburgos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mario Burgos<\/a> has started a new Web site on which candidates for office can voluntarily report campaign contributions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalreporting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ethical Reporting<\/a> is a blog-formatted site \u201cfor politicians and political candidates who want to provide real-time and easily searchable campaign finance information to the general public,\u201d <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Burgos<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> writes on the site. His goal is \u201cto address deficiencies with the campaign finance reporting system in <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New   Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>,\u201d though he invites candidates from across the nation to participate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It\u2019s brand new and, as of Wednesday, only one candidate had signed up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Candidates can obtain free usernames and passwords that allow them to post their contributions, expenses and gifts on the site, which is updated by the candidates as they input data. Each post allows comments and trackbacks, which, <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Burgos<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> writes, is designed so that, \u201cif you are taking money from a questionable source, the public will know and let you know how they feel about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">That will pressure candidates to think twice before accepting questionable gifts and hold participants \u201cto a higher standard than the current campaign finance law requires,\u201d <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Burgos<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> writes. He says participating candidates are expected to post within 24 hours all contributions they receive and their expenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A searchable database allows people to easily find a specific candidate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:city st=\"on\">Burgos<\/st1:city><\/st1:place> says the goal is to help candidates self-regulate and says that, though he\u2019s quite conservative, the site will remain non-partisan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It\u2019s a great idea. I wish the site success and encourage candidates in <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:placename st=\"on\">Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename>  <st1:placename st=\"on\">Ana<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename st=\"on\">County<\/st1:placename><\/st1:place> to participate. If you sign up, let me know and I\u2019ll write about it to let people know they can keep up with your contributions on the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If you have questions, you can contact <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Burgos<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> at <a href=\"mailto:clearthinking@gmail.com\">clearthinking@gmail.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative political blogger Mario Burgos has started a new Web site on which candidates for office can voluntarily report campaign contributions. Ethical Reporting is a blog-formatted site \u201cfor politicians and political candidates who want to provide real-time and easily searchable campaign finance information to the general public,\u201d Burgos writes on the site. 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