Photo credit: “dbking”. Image licensed under Creative Commons. This is an image of the US Supreme Court building in Washington DC. The Supreme Court represents one of the most important figures in campaign finance law today.
Seeing an entire sub-section of my website dedicated to campaign finance reform, you probably have one question in mind. “Why campaign finance reform?”
The answer is simple.
Campaign finance reform is definitively one of the largest and most pervasive issues that face the United States today.
Campaign Finance is pervasive, and affects all levels of government. It disallows honest discourse and throws an unneeded third component into honest policy debate: the ability to secure funding. This impacts voting, and doesn’t allow politicians to vote their conscious.
The vast majority of Americans agree: money in elections provides corrupting influences and needs to be lessened. It affects both parties, and is unacceptable.
Image utilized under fair use. Here’s the original source.
Campaigns cannot generate billions of dollars on their own to remain competitive. Running campaigns and constant advertisements nationwide or even state wide are expensive, requiring outside sources of revenue.
By changing the election system to a publicly paid for election, this would reduce the potential of outside interests to have a larger influence on our elections. Elections are expensive no matter what, and they are essential to our democracy: it is a cost that is worth bearing.
If you want to get involved in the campaign finance reform struggle, or are looking for more information, search for “Campaign Finance” under my blog section, or I’ve compiled a list of good resources on campaign finance information.
Wolf-PAC is a great place to volunteer at the state level. Click here to go to their website.
Here’s a link to the ACLU’s information page on campaign finance reform as an issue.
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