8 Articles
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Says Obi-John McCainobi: These Aren't the Lobbyists You're Looking For
It's time for McCain to live up to his image as a campaign reformer and an opponent of business as usual in Washington, DC. It's time for him to fire the special interest lobbyists working on his campaign. Public Campaign Action Fund's Campaign Money Watch project has started a petition campaign asking him to do just that.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Voter File: The Bus Stops Here
The practice of bundling has concentrated campaign influence among a small group of people who have, or have access to,great wealth.So as long as campaign viability and electoral success depends on access to wealth, candidates and campaigns remain consumed with high-dollar fundraising and isolated from the interests and concerns of all voters. Bundling is the latest prominent symptom of this problem.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Fair Elections Action Week Coming Up
The Fair Elections Now Act in the Senate,and similar legislation in House would bring full public financing to congressional elections we need to get the word out,build support for this legislation,and amplify our call for elections that are about voters,not big money donors..
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Tell Congress: Support the Fair Elections Now Act
Under Clean Elections,candidates qualify for public grants by collecting a set number of small contributionsusually $5.Once qualified,politicians forgo all private fundraising and must adhere to strict spending limits.Its worked so well around the country its become a model for federal races.This spring, with Congressional campaign fundraising also shattering past records, Sen.Durban introduced bipartisan legislation:FENA
Friday, March 23, 2007
Voter File: Public Campaign Action Fund Newsletter
Assistant Senate Majority Leader Richard Durbin (D-IL), alongside sponsor Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) introduced the bipartisan Fair Elections Now Act (link to release). Modeled on the successful Clean Elections systems in Maine, Arizona, and North Carolina, the bill will provide full public financing for qualified congressional candidates.
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Help End Pay-to-Play Political System through Public Financing
The recent elections have given us an amazing opportunity to
make 2007 a year of serious change and transform our pay-to-play
political system.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Must Watch TV - PBS Airs Friday Special on Clean Elections
The PBS weekly newsmagazine NOW will present a special hour-long episode in the fight to keep American elections free and fair across the country. Called "Votes for Sale?", the show will spotlight the Clean Elections movement that has taken hold in Maine and Arizona as well as talk about campaigns to win Clean Elections across the country.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
National Support Needed for Fight in California
There is an old political saying, "as goes California so goes the nation." Proposition 89, the California Clean Money and Fair Elections Initiative, would bring publicly financed elections to California and be a giant step forward for our movement. There would be no bigger feather in our cap than a Clean Elections victory in our nation's most populous state.
