Tell Congress: Support the Fair Elections Now Act
Clean elections systems have worked in Arizona, Maine and elsewhere. If we want progress on national issues, it's time for public financing of congressional campaigns.
The Fair Elections Now Act will restore public confidence in the election process by allowing qualified candidates to receive campaign funds from the Senate Fair Elections Fund instead of asking for money from private interests. In return, participating candidates would voluntarily agree to limit their campaign spending to the amount allocated to them.
This voluntary alternative to privately financed campaigns will free candidates from the all-consuming money chase that taints public perceptions of elected officials. Candidates could instead devote their time and energy to talking with constituents about the issues that are important to them.
Click here to ask your Senators to sign on to the Fair Elections Now Act.
posted by kate @ 9:23 AM
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Thank you for posting this link. I posted it on my MySpace and Facebook bulletins. Do you think I'm the only person that reads your intelligent blog and also has a MySpace page? I'm trying to get the young people involved! T
There's nothing wrong with the using one's own money as a donation to a candidate that represents one's own political beliefs. It allows the candidate to get their message out over the voices of the MSM. And given that survey after survey has shown that the MSM leans heavily in favor of one side of the political spectrum over the other, and given which way that spectrum is and how they have conducted themselves in the past in all aspects of life, I have no reason to believe that "journalists/reporters" would be even-handed with the candidates.
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