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Grijalva Introduces Clean Money, Clean Elections Act

March 21, 2007, Washington , DC

The Clean Money, Clean Elections Act of 2007, introduced today by Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. John F. Tierney (D-MA), would give back the American people's stake in the political process by curtailing the influence of special interest money on political campaigns. Sen. Durbin is introducing similar legislation in the Senate.

The Clean Money, Clean Elections Act is a voluntary system that gives candidates an option to forego private funding without having to "unilaterally disarm," includes reduced rates and limitations on broadcast advertisement, and voluntary acceptance of public resource incentives for self-imposed limitations on campaign financing.

The bill would accomplish five key objectives:

1. Eliminate the perceived and real conflicts of interest caused by the financing of campaigns by private interests;
2. Limit campaign spending by requiring that candidates who choose to participate in the Clean Money, Clean Elections system spend no more than the fixed amount of Clean Money, Clean Elections funding they receive;
3. Allow qualified individuals to run for office regardless of their economic status or access to large contributors;
4. Free candidates and elected officials from the burden of continuous fundraising; and
5. Shorten the effective length of campaigns (when the public is bombarded with broadcast ads and mass mailings) by defining the point at which candidates receive Clean Money, Clean Elections funding to pay for campaign expenditures.

Efforts at the state-level have shown that this type of public financing works. More than 17 states, including Arizona, have passed campaign reform in this vein. This reform at the state-level has been about taking special interest money out of politics and putting power back into the hands of the average American citizen.

For more information or to join PDA's Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections organizing team, contact: Diane@pdamerica.org.