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Publicly Funded Campaigns

Disclose Act Isn't Nearly Enough, With or Without the "NRA Exemption"

David Segal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Election Reform, Fair Elections Now Act, Campaign Finance Reform, Publicly-Funded-Campaigns, Constitutional Convention, Citizens United, Nra Exemption, Election, DISCLOSE Act, Politics News
David Segal

If Congress fails to act on the constitutional amendment to reverse the Citizens United ruling, there's another option: a constitutional convention.

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Supreme Court Backs Plutocracy, Targets Arizona Clean Elections Matching Funds

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Roberts Court, Goldwater Institute, U.S. Senate Candidate Andrew Romanoff, Bush-Cheney 2000 Decision, 1998 Arizona Clean Elections Act, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Pay-to-Play, Matching Funds, Level Playing Field, Rehnquist Court, Corporate Court, U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Matching Funds, Publicly Funded Campaigns, Infringement of First Amendment, Colorado Clean Campaigns, Tikkun, Erosion of Democracy, Plutocracy, Todd Lang, Millionaires Amendment, Samuel Alito, Initiative 53, Federal Elections Now Act, Chamber of Commerce, Institute for Justice, Chilled Speech, Fair Elections Now Act, PAC Money, Attorney General Candidate Stan Garnett, Denver News
Michele Swenson

The Colorado Citizens (Publicly-Funded) Campaigns Initiative 53 is not modeled on Arizona and other states' public funding initiatives that use matching funds to level the election playing field.

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