Sentences with phrase «need public financing of elections»
«That's exactly why we need public financing of elections at the state level.
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«The 6th District and America need to stop big corporate money from privatizing our democracy, which means public funding for public elections as we have in NYC and a DISCLOSE act so anonymous money from billionaires doesn't buy our government,» said Green, who is the author of Who Runs Congressand Losing Our Democracy, as well as the author of the multiple matching funds for small donors part of the City's campaign finance law.
We need full public financing of elections, and a ban on ridiculous, non-campaign campaign expending.
The groups, also strong supporters of comprehensive campaign finance reform built around a core of public financing of elections, today focused on the urgent need for ethics reform as another essential way to address the problems created by a money culture in Albany.
In preparation for the launch of the Fair Elections for New York campaign, a series of events in Albany and across the state are being held to call attention to state legislators» reliance on out - of - district campaign contributions — further evidence of the need for a state public campaign finance system that relies on small donors and local money.
We need «who - gives - what» transparency in real time (not after the damage has been done), shareholder disclosure of all corporate political expenditures and public financing of congressional elections.
State Sen. Daniel Squadron also said «fundamental reform of the system» is needed «including laws to create a better campaign finance system and more open and competitive elections, and to disentangle public service from for - profit business.»
Further, governors and legislators kept raiding the Clean Election Fund to help balance the budget — but denying the fund of money needed to safely cover public financing grants in future elections.
The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.
This, The Sunday Times tells us, «is higher than the 49.7 % peak reached when Denis Healey had to turn to the IMF for help in 1976, and underlines the scale of the crisis in the public finances and the even deeper cuts in spending that will be needed after the election.»
As he so often does when asked about fundraising, de Blasio stressed the need for campaign finance reform, advocating for full public financing of elections that would not only pull big moneyed interests out of politics but would also focus, «all that time that goes into fundraising now back into public service.»