Sarbanes does not have anything against
the clean elections approach, and is, in fact, a cosponsor of the Fair Elections Now Act.
We certainly hope her election will push state lawmakers to support public campaign financing — especially a Clean Money
Clean Election approach where funds are provided based on obtaining a small number of donations (as opposed to the 6 to 1 matching approach used in NYC).
Not exact matches
Alternately, it could take a more random
approach, similar to the system in Arizona — where the Arizona
Clean Elections Commission audits campaign books without warning.
While we have had and will have disagreements with Governor Malloys
approach to party fundraising, he has always supported the Citizen
Election Program testifying in support of
clean elections before he was elected Governor and was the first person ever elected Governor under this program.
This results in a conflicted
approach to public integrity measures, explaining why Cuomo is poised to sign off on a new budget that only superficially beefs up powers to police public corruption or install public financing of
elections — while agreeing to dismantle the Moreland Commission he ostensibly created to overcome legislative resistance to
cleaning up Albany.
Contrary to what you might see in the headlines, this bipartisan
approach has continued in the months since November's
election, with four Republican governors in the politically critical Midwest advancing
clean - energy measures.