Where Do You Stand on Fair Elections?

With the wealth primary for the 2008 presidential election in full swing and millions of dollars rushing into campaign coffers, it's time to see where the candidates stand on making elections about voters and not big campaign donors.

Over at 10questions.com, we've posted a new video asking presidential candidates a simple question: Would you support a Fair Elections system that provides public money to candidates who agree to spending limits and who give up all big contributions?

Voter apathy and disillusionment with the political process is high. We need a system that puts nurses, waitresses, and teachers on a level playing field with high powered executives and political insiders; a system where well-qualified candidates can run for office without large personal wealth or access to it. Let's ask the candidates where they stand.

Decrying the problems with the current system isn't enough. It's time that the presidential candidates go on record in support of a solution based on the model of Clean Elections programs in states and the Fair Elections Now Act introduced in Congress.

You have the opportunity to make sure the nation's next leader answers the question about Fair and Clean Elections. Click here to vote and let these candidates know this issue matters to all of us.

Comments

[green13]

Look at all of the senior citizens and disabled, they do not pay taxes for the most part. Do you think it is fair or the intellegent thing to do to take away the vote of military retirees as well? There are many social levels and many ways to contribute. This is a chance to allocate all candidates the same time with the nation, let's hope for a positive outcome. We need to have more honest elections and a choice of who we elect for leaders.

[BMSstudy]

I saw Penn (Penn & Teller) on Beck the other night and he said something pretty interesting...

(totally paraphrasing) He or any other celeb/inte­rviewer/pe­rson with a TV show can make any and all political free speech they want up to and including election day, but basically no one else can. Now I understand that anyone can talk politics but almost no one else has the national / regional ability to. Newspapers, TV news shows etc can run stories favorable or unfavorable to certain candidates (FOX or not,) as many still announce their choice before hand, up to the day also.

Why is that?

[Curedlib]

I'm all for fairness. Let's start by allocating votes proportionately to your tax bracket. No taxation without representation; no representation without taxation either.

You don't contribute significantly to the economy or to government? Thats fine, but you don't get to vote either. What? not fair? Funny how your sense of "fairness" ends when your rights are proportional to your contributions, isn't it?

[tnewman]

Where do you stand on voting rights for the District of Columbia?