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”Public financing is the difference
between being able to go out and spend your time talking
with voters, meeting with groups, . . . traveling to communities
that have been under-represented in the past, as opposed
to being on the phone selling tickets to a $250 a plate
fundraiser.” --Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano,
elected under Arizona's Voter Owned Elections program
"Four states: Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts
and Vermont are experimenting with offering qualified
candidates for office the option of public financing:
In exchange for refusing to pander to contributions
from donors who may want political favors, they get
a reasonable taxpayer stipend for their campaigns. .
. . The simple truth is that campaigning is expensive,
and candidates will get the money someplace. Far better
that the public, not special interests, put up the bucks."
--USA Today Editorial
“We Clean Elections [Voter Owned Elections]
pioneers are a more independent bunch, especially because
we’re not worrying about how we’re going
to raise the big bucks to win our next race. Lobbyists
for special interests tend to spend less time with us,
which makes it easier to get through the Capitol halls
in time for a vote.”
-Glenn Cummings, & Ed Youngblood, Maine State legislators,
elected using Voter Owned Elections
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