Public Campaign Action Fund - Pays For Itself - Comments

Save money, Save democracy

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:50:19 +0000

Great information! Maybe the discussion we should really have is about how much it's costing us not to have public funding. The kind of money that's needed to win elections today isn't given without some accountability on the part of the recipient or expectations on the part of the donor. If we want greater accountability from our elected officials, we have to return political influence to voters.

Pays For Itself

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:18:59 +0000

Though it doesn't mention the Fair Elections Act by name, this Orlando Sentinel editorial is strongly in favor of a public financing system for congressional elections in the model of Arizona and Maine's Clean Elections programs, arguing that those states offer a much better example than Florida when it comes to reducing the influence of special interest money.