Sentences with phrase «down public campaign finance system»

In the final budget deal, Cuomo agreed with legislative leaders to a pared - down public campaign finance system that would apply only to the state comptroller's race, and sunset after this year.

In the final budget deal, Cuomo agreed with legislative leaders to a pared down public campaign finance system that would apply only to the State Comptroller's race, and sunset after this year.

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Campaign Finance Reform Can Help Crack Down on Corruption A 2011 report by the Center for Competitive Politics has been seized upon by opponents of Fair Elections to argue that the public financing system in New York City is characterized by consistent abuse of public funds and corruption.

Progressive leaders and Democratic state lawmakers on Tuesday said they wanted a measure overhauling campaign finance that included a public system of funding for campaigns, saying they wouldn't accept any «watered down» compromises.

The idea behind Connecticut's public campaign financing system was that replacing major amounts of special interest money in the election process with taxpayer dollars would cut down on influence peddling and state corruption.

Essentially, the «myth» busting from the public financing advocates today — which included the Center for Working Families and the Campaign Finance Instititute under the umbrella of Fair Elections — boils down to cost, intent and impact of a system.

The next year, in Arizona Free Enterprise PAC v. Bennett (2011) the Court further restricted state authority to regulate campaign finance to achieve greater equality, striking down provisions of Arizona's public financing system that gave extra government money to candidates who faced high - spending opponents or high levels of independent expenditures.