Common Cause Kansas records, 1976-1995.

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Common Cause Kansas records, 1976-1995.

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The Kansas Common Cause records contain a variety of administrative documents pertaining to the organization's political activity. The records are organized by topic or record type and include correspondence, minutes, memoranda, notes, budget documents, advocacy materials, and a scrapbook documenting the organization's 20th anniversary. Topics include board meeting minutes; bylaws; contributions; business and finance; budgets; newspaper clippings; Kansas Voters Guide; scandals; voter registration; lobbying regulations; Task Force on Ethics Reform; public funding in Kansas; political action committee (PAC) study; House & Senate campaign finance studies; campaign finance study; Pro-Democracy Campaign (Common Cause/Kansas) publication; events; fund raising; membership; newsletters; and a case file on Lynn Hellebust, John R. Craft Kansas Natural Resource Council, and Common Cause of Kansas vs Sam Brownback, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, et al.

2 cubic feet (2 boxes).

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8043387

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Brownback, Sam, 1956-

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Common Cause/Kansas.

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Common Cause is a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1970 by John Gardner as a vehicle for citizens to make their voices heard in the political process and to hold their elected leaders accountable to the public interest. The organization's mission is to strengthen public participation and faith in institutions of self-government; to ensure that government and political processes serve the general interest, rather than special interests; to curb the excessive influence of mo...