Groups Team to Release Campaign Contribution Tracking App

Mobvile app Politicash lets candidates know their money is being followed

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/25/2012 12:10:00 PM

The Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and others have teamed with researcher MapLight on a new mobile app (available on iOS and Android) to follow the campaign money.

Politicash 2012 tracks campaign contributions, including money from Super PACs. It also features an auto-tweet that alerts candidates that users are following their funds.

It also provides comparisons of total contributions to Obama and Romney, the top five contributors, and a "shake" feature for a random sample of PAC contributions to each candidate, all based on filings to the Federal Election Commission.