October 11, 2012

campaignmoney:

New York Times:

In a video made public on Thursday, the actor Sam Waterston decried what he calls a “broken system” for campaign fund-raising and suggested the state could match small donations with public funds in an effort to blunt the influence of deep-pocketed contributors.



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April 23, 2012

“It will take courage for incumbent politicians to risk establishing a bold new system that could put some of them in danger. But in the course of our history, New York has been a proudly innovative place. A nation looking for a way out from under the money regime created by Citizens United badly needs the example of politicians who believe in democracy enough to democratize the mother’s milk of politics.”

+ Great EJ Dionne column on the campaign to pass Fair Elections in New York. (via campaignmoney)



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