Vote at Change.org to get a public financing proposal presented to the Obama Administration on Inauguration Day

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From: You Street

Vote to make public funding an Obama priority

If you support public funding of elections, here's a great way to show it. By taking just a few minutes to actually "vote" for this idea, you can help us get a public funding proposal presented to the Obama Administration on Inauguration Day!

Our friends and allies at Change.org are conducting a nationwide vote on the best "Ideas for Change in America." Only the top two vote-getters will make the cut, and so far publicly funded elections is one of the two — but only narrowly. Will you help put public funding over the top? We only have until Wednesday, 12/31 — vote now!

If we can get enough votes, Change.org "will then build a national campaign to advance [the] idea in Congress, marshaling the resources of Change.org, MySpace, and our dozens of partner organizations and millions of combined members." Wouldn't that be a great way to ring in the New Year?

Voting is quick and easy. Just click here and click the blue button that says "Vote!" with a number over it. Then sign up for Change.org (if you haven't already), then check for a confirmation email and confirm your account by clicking the link. Click the "Vote!" button again and your vote for publicly funded elections will be counted.

And please be sure to help us get out the vote by alerting your friends, so we can build the movement and make sure we're high on President Obama's agenda.

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YouStreet.org brings added focus and activism to clean elections movement

All Things Reform is pleased to interview Matt Stempeck of You Street, a new campaign of Americans for Campaign Reform. You Street's sole purpose is to make voluntary public funding of all federal elections the law of the land. It has structured its web site as a social network to encourage participation from its grassroots members across the country.

We presented Matt, who is You Street's Internet and New Media Director, with several questions about their new web site and political campaign.

ATR: Congratulations on your exciting new venture for public financing of elections! You clearly have made a point of having participation from your members. Would you say it is primarily a 'social network'? I understand you have teamed up with Ning in providing this feature.

Matt S.: Thank you! Our team has worked very hard on the rollout of our new You Street initiative. We hope it's a powerful reminder that we need you -- the American public -- to push for voluntary public funding of all federal elections. Every dinner table issue, such as the mortgage crisis in our banking system, the deregulation of Wall Street, the millions of Americans without healthcare, or stalled environmental legislation, can be traced to the influence of big money contributors on our leaders in Congress. It's our goals to make sure that the American people's interests come before the special interests. Our members are dedicated to public financing. They follow the news closely and they have strong opinions about the role of money in politics. As a small organization working to bring very significant change to our nation's political system, we're committed to encouraging our members to work with us and with each other. To be successful, we're going to need many more citizens' voices joining the cause, and we're going to need collective energy and resources. On You Street, our members can get to know each other, discuss the issues, organize and really run with any ideas they have. Of course, we know there are a number of other social networks out there and we don't expect our members to interact only on our site. To this end, we're reaching out to our members--and importantly, their friends--on the social networking sites they already use. We have a basic presence on Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter, and are eager to expand our role in those communities. We've seen a lot of interest on Facebook (http://apps.facebook.com/causes/153945?m=81dec08c&recruiter_id=2969) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/youstreeters) so far, and we're excited to grow the movement in this way. We're looking at very possible way to rally the many voices we need for change.

ATR: What are the primary opportunities for your site users to get active?

Matt S.: We've tried to make our site not only a hub of information about public financing, but also a place where folks can contribute in meaningful ways. We make it easy to spread the word about public financing. In our "You Can" section (http://youstreet.org/you_can) the focus is online action you can take for offline change. There are easy but powerful tools to write your Senators and Representatives, send a message to President-elect Obama, recruit friends, and support the movement. We're also working on additional features, such as the ability to submit a blog post and organize local events, such as a film screening. In our Ning community (http://community.youstreet.org/), we make it easy to connect with other You Street members. We have a forum for discussion as well as a section to upload photos. We've just opened the site to members, but we hope to see some great connections being made (and fun being had).

ATR: You already feature several 'groups' that members can join on your site. What do you hope to accomplish with them?

Matt S.: We've set up a few groups, including interest areas like energy policy and education, as well as state chapters, like Maine and California, where people can connect with other members who share an interest or home state. You can see all of the groups at http://youstreet.ning.com/groups). Any member can create a new group (at http://youstreet.ning.com/groups/group/new) and recruit members to it, which we heartily encourage. We hope to enable You Street members to connect with each other and discuss things that interest them, whether it be public financing or something completely unrelated. We're just getting started, but as you can see in our Energy Policy group there's already been some interesting discussion: http://youstreet.ning.com/group/energypolicy.

ATR: Public financing is a hot political topic, as both Barack Obama and John McCain have been advocates. With a new Obama administration and a Democratic congress, what are your hopes for the next two years?

Matt S.: It has been an exciting year for public financing. In the backlash that followed Obama's decision to opt out of public financing in the general election, the press kind of missed the fact that the reform community and campaign finance experts knew going into this election cycle that the current system was in dire need of an update, as the allocated amounts hadn't been adjusted for the modern costs of running a Presidential campaign. That's why we--and then-Senator Obama--endorsed the Presidential Public Funding Act (http://youstreet.org/legislation#prez) to update this system. Whether or not Obama went back on his pledge at the time is between the voter and the candidate, but the fact remains that we need to revitalize our system of Presidential public financing. We're looking forward to 2009 as an unprecedented opportunity to promote public financing of congressional elections as well as the much-needed update to Presidential public financing. President-elect Obama is indeed an advocate, having been an original cosponsor of both the Fair Elections Now Act and the Presidential Public Funding Act. You can watch a video of Obama explaining the benefits of the Fair Elections Now Act at http://youstreet.org/obama. We're also fortunate that Obama is close to Senator Dick Durbin, the lead co-sponsor of the bill along with Senator Arlen Specter. Senator McCain has also been a longtime advocate of campaign finance reform. It's worth noting that Senator McCain represents Arizona, which was one of the first states to enact statewide public financing. In fact, in the 2008 election, two thirds of all state office candidates in Arizona opted in to the voluntary public financing system (http://youstreet.org/states#arizona). Former Arizona Governor and incoming Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano was elected using public financing and is a major advocate of the system (see http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/money_and_politics_the_good_the_bad_and_the_ugly/). So Senator McCain has seen public financing work in his own backyard. He hasn't signed on as a cosponsor to the Fair Elections Now Act yet (http://youstreet.org/legislation#fena), but we sure encourage him retake his mantle of reform in the Senate. Public financing is going to remain a hot political topic even now that the election is over. Almost every major crisis we face is related in some way to where Congress gets its money. For example, our current financial crisis has its roots in the deregulation of Wall Street, which was achieved with the help of heavy amounts of targeted campaign contributions by Wall Street heavyweights. Wall Street gave ten times more money to the Representatives serving on the committees that oversee their business than they give to the rest of the House. These are smart investors and they knew what they're doing when they invested in our Congress. You can learn more in our recent Policy Paper, Wall Street Money In Politics (http://youstreet.org/press#policy-papers). And that's just one example.

ATR: There are other organizations deeply involved with this issue, including Public Campaign, Change Congress and Public Citizen. How may You Street contribute to the overall movement for public financing of elections?

Matt S.: We are fortunate to be one of several groups working for this important reform. Along with those you listed, Common Cause, the Brennan Center, and a number of other groups are also actively working to fix our system. Right now, for instance, we're working together to vote for "Citizens' funding of the nation's elections" (http://www.change.org/ideas/view/citizens_funding_of_the_nations_elections) at Change.org's Ideas contest (http://www.change.org/ideas). Lawrence Lessig, Founder of Change Congress, submitted the idea and we're working together to vote it up and raise awareness of this important proposal. If we can collectively marshall enough votes for the idea, it will be presented to the Obama Administration on Inauguration Day. We may be unique among our colleagues in that we are single-mindedly dedicated to public funding of federal elections. It's been our sole mission since the organization was started in 2003. It's a real passion for all of us involved.


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Join YouStreet.org, a public finance activist community now online

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From: You Street

The future starts today!

Our nation stands at a crossroads. In the recent election, millions of Americans from all over the political map made it clear they've had their fill of big-money special interests that thwart the policy changes we need. Changes that can solve the critical problems that affect each of us - like health care, energy independence, education, the environment, or regulating the financial markets. Your support of public funding has been instrumental in bringing us closer to our goal than ever before. Today we have a new president strongly committed to our cause, a new Congress and a newly mobilized citizenry. The time is ripe to marshal all our resources and push for the enactment of voluntary public funding. That's why change is coming to Just $6, too. Join us on the road to a better America! Today we are launching a powerful new initiative designed to bring the public into public funding as never before. It's a new communications program we call You Street - America's road back to democracy. You Street is named for the one person who can make public funding a reality: You. It's no secret that the road is filled with challenges. But we must seize this opportunity to forge an entirely new form of campaign finance; one that has at its core masses of small citizen donations. That's one of the key reasons we've created youstreet.org - a bold and dynamic new website where supporters can join together, find strength in numbers and become an irresistible force for change. Please take a few minutes now to visit youstreet.org. As a past supporter you'll have a special opportunity to become a charter member - one of You Street's First Movers. And if you like what you see, please make a donation that will help keep expanding our web presence and spreading the word. One of our Chairs, former Senator Warren Rudman, reminds us that "...this is one of those issues that's going to take the American people to get really vocal about." So, one of the best ways you can help is to forward this email to 4 friends and contacts who might want to be part of our movement. Help us restore integrity to our politics and our policies. Won't you join us on the road to a better America? You Street and public funding need you. Visit www.youstreet.org today!

You Street is an initiative of Americans for Campaign Reform, a non-profit, non-partisan group that is single-mindedly dedicated to public funding.

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Big changes in a few days for public financing advocate Just $6

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Change is coming to Just Six Dollars

In the spirit of sweeping change ushered in by the recent elections, we want to give you a preview of some truly exciting and groundbreaking changes that will be coming to Just $6 in the next few days.

Thanks to your support, our work in building and consolidating a broad-based movement behind public funding has paid off. Now - with a new president committed to our cause, a new Congress and a newly energized public - the time is ripe to turn the promise of public funding into reality.

That means we have to have bigger, stronger platform capable of promoting a new kind of campaign finance, with masses of small citizen donors at its core.

To meet these challenges, Just $6 will be changing and growing, too. In just a few days, Just $6 will become You Street -- a powerful new communications initiative that will bring the public into public funding in ways we have never done before. For a YouTube video preview of You Street, please click here.

When you've seen the video, we'd love your feedback - please take a moment to post a comment on YouTube. If you like what you see, please help us spread the word. Tell your friends about it, and make a donation to help us keep building our web presence and growing our movement.

Be on the lookout for another major announcement from us in the coming days. As a supporter of public funding, we know you'll be as excited as we are. Stay tuned!




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Tell your congress members: public financing of elections is a proven winning technique for financing campaigns across the USA

The President delivers the Annual State
of the Union Address in the House
chamber.
Image via WikipediaThe Brennan Center for Justice article, "Also a Winner: Public Funding" gives overdue accolades to public funding and its success this past election season. Several states use clean elections in their legislatures and statewide offices; several cities also use it. There is now a documented and statistical history of this system of financing candidate campaigns; it resoundingly proves public financing's early proponents.

The US Congress now has plenty of case studies of recent successful elections to bring change to its campaign finance system to clean elections. The candidates have loved it- they have enjoyed much more interaction with voters. The constituents have loved it- they have enjoyed much more trust in government decision-making. Public financing of elections has been and will continue to be a win-win situation for honest and accountable government, and for we, the people. Let your own congress members know of the established benefits of changing over to clean elections today!


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Tell your US Rep. and two US Senators no blank checks for Wall Street donors

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From: Public Campaign Action Fund

Your Bill Comes to $700 Billion

The New York Stock Exchange's opening bell sends shivers down the spines of all Americans as we consider the fate of the nation's largest banks and brokerages. Years of easy credit, sub-prime lending, and market deregulation have led us to what may be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. What is Congress doing? Debating a taxpayer-financed bailout for the people who got us into this mess. You can be sure that they are remembering the well over $5 billion the finance, insurance, and real estate firms have poured into campaign contributions and lobbying since 1990. What can we do?

Tell Congress in no uncertain terms: no blank checks for Wall Street donors. The American people can't afford a special interest bailout.

Where's the bailout for people who were taken advantage of by predatory lenders and have now lost their homes? How about a law that caps the sky-high interest rates banks can charge on your credit card? Can we limit the "golden parachute" for the execs who walk away from the bankrupt bank? Sorry, no. The average American failed to write big checks to candidates for office, or attend those lavish fundraisers to bump elbows with members of Congress.

Congress is bailing out their friends on Wall Street and sticking us with the bill. Tell them enough is enough: no blank check bailout for their biggest donors.

If a bailout needs to happen, then make it come with strict provisions for regulation and oversight, and consequences for those executives and investors who fiddled while our financial security burned. Most importantly, include benefits for ordinary taxpayers in the bargain -- like full public financing of elections.

It's almost sickening that Congress has accepted $2 billion from Wall Street bigwigs and other wealthy special interests to finance their campaigns. Let's give our elected officials a choice: they can either continue to accept big money from Wall Street bigwigs and big money special interests or qualify for a grant by showing broad based community support. We can do this by passing the Fair Elections Now Act that is modeled on the Clean Elections programs working in seven states and two cities. Clean Elections gets candidates off the fundraising treadmill and makes them accountable to one interest and one interest only: the voters.

Thank you,
David Donnelly

P.S. Each day makes it more clear how desperately we need to pass Clean Elections laws in Congress. Help us keep up our fight with a donation today.

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Sign the Voters First Pledge at Public Campaign Action Fund, for volunteer public financing of federal elections

Public Campaign Action Fund is running a Voter Pledge drive for clean elections for federal candidates. Clean elections is another term for volunteer public financing of candidate campaigns. It can save the candidates from "dialing for dollars" every day in order to keep their campaign money flowing; this allows them to focus their time and energy on their important issues they want to share with the voters.

Please sign the 2008 Voters First Pledge right now, at Public Campaign-- you can help increase the pressure on lawmakers and candidates to back this needed reform. Thank you

Participate in Fair Elections Action Week Monday April 14 to Friday April 18, 2008

The Fair Elections Now Coalition, a group of six public interest groups, is organizing this year's Fair Elections Action Week, which is Monday, April 14th to Friday, April 18. It will promote the Fair Elections Now Act (FENA) (S.1285) now being legislated in the US Senate. FENA would bring full public financing of elections to the US Senate.

Again, the dedicated web site for Fair Elections Action Week is at http://www.fairelectionsnow.org/. Learn what you can do now, by downloading their activist toolkit. Activists are encouraged to participate locally, across this great nation. Bookmark the site to keep up with the latest updates! Thank you

Sign the letter to presidential candidate John McCain for public financing of elections

Public Campaign Action Fund has written a letter to US Senator and Republican presidential candidate John McCain, and they'd like us to sign onto it. The letter emphasizes the importance of two bills currently being legislated that would introduce and strengthen public financing of congressional and presidential races, effective in 2009. They are the Fair Elections Now Act (S.1285) and the Presidential Funding Act (S.436).

It is a great opportunity for Sen. McCain to return to his long celebrated reform issues and support these public financing bills. Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have co-sponsored them already.

Sign onto Public Campaign's online letter now, then spread the word! The more signatures of Americans fed up with special interest big money in federal campaigns, the more influential the letter to McCain will be! Thanks!

Tell your two US Senators to vote YES on Fair Elections

It's now time again to contact your two US Senators and ask them to vote YES for public financing of congressional campaigns. A bill addresses this, called The Fair Elections Now Act (S.1285). Fair Elections is a major campaign finance reform issue, and passing it would undercut alot of questions relating to legislators' possible favoring of their private campaign contributors.

You can reach your senators through Yahoo! CapWiz, or, you can call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. Thank you!

Change Congress aims to bring reform candidates to congressional office

Change Congress is now open for business! Founded by Lawrence Lessig and Joe Trippi, Change Congress aims to find, debate with and win over congressional candidates on several reform issues. Citizens can get involved right away, by pledging their support for this cause, finding candidates in their districts, and asking them to pledge their support for these reforms. Join now!

A look at clean elections in action

Candidates, and ultimately voters, are already enjoying clean elections in Maine. The first state in the nation to bring this campaign finance reform to state offices, it has been successfully administered since 1996. This local newspaper story is about a current state representative candidate- what qualifies him for the program, and how he is free from big money from special interests as reflected by his campaign issues and work.

Watch video on public financing of elections

John Rauh, founder of Americans for Campaign Reform (Just $6) interviews best-selling author Frances Moore Lappe in an entertaining video about public financing of elections, or, as some call it, "clean elections".

Presently, this video clip is not picked up by users of the Firefox browser.
UPDATE: A commenter notified us that video works on Firefox. Thanks for letting us know!

Look for possibly big money commercials by nonprofits later this election season

According to a Feb. 25th Mother Jones article, a shift of major campaign funds from candidates and parties to individuals will take place later this election season. And 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations may have a say on what commercials will be aired right before the November general elections.

Even if the two eventual major party presidential candidates accept the public financing system for their general election campaigns this fall, they will have little say or control over people outside their campaigns advertising for or against them costing millions of dollars.

Let we, the people finance our next president's candidacy

I have just submitted a letter to the editor to my local newspaper, the Abilene (TX) Reporter-News. It's about Clean Elections-- public financing in light of super duper Tuesday primaries coming next week. I don't know if they'll publish it in time, as it's only several days away.

Super Duper Tuesday will include presidential primaries for 20 states on February 5th. It will require a large coffer of funds from each of the remaining candidates in order to reach all of the voters across the widely dispersed states that include California and New York. The best way to handle this is Clean Elections-- public financing of elections supplies a central fund provided by the U.S. taxpayer. It will not give amounts in favor of some candidates over others, thus leaving the issues the main focus of the campaign trail. Wouldn't it be nice to keep special interest money out of the campaign of our future leader? Clean elections leave the candidates free for speaking openly, and not for begging for dollars.

Where do the Republican presidential candidates stand?

All of the Democratic candidates for president support public financing of elections. We see Republicans supporting public financing in Congress and state legislatures all over the country. How about the Republican presidential candidates?

The presidential "bully pulpit" can move Congress on issues, especially in the new president's first months in office. Let's ask those Republicans still in the primaries where they stand. Public Citizen, a public interest organization promoting Clean Elections, is running a campaign to do just that:

The Republican candidates talk about changing Washington but have refused -- so far -- to support policies that bite the hands that feed their campaigns.

Tell the GOP presidential candidates that real change means supporting policies that put voters ahead of big money in presidential and congressional elections.

After we collect signatures on this petition, we'll fax each of the Republican presidential candidates a letter on February 4th, the day before Super Tuesday on February 5th, to urge them to support public financing.

Tell the FEC NO on this Friday's ruling about presidential public financing

Public Campaign has issued a letter to the FEC (Federal Election Commission) concerning the public financing of presidential elections. The FEC is considering a ruling that would prevent some small-dollar donations given through the web from triggering public matching funds for candidates who have opted into the system.

The FEC vote for this is scheduled for this Friday, December 14. Public Campaign urges us to turn down this new rule, so that small donors can keep a stake in the race for presidential campaign contributions. If you agree, please take action here to "sign" Public Campaign's letter to the FEC.

Tell your Congressmen YES to restoring presidential public financing

Public Citizen has launched a netroots campaign for public financing of elections. The "Presidential Funding Act of 2007" (HR 776 and S 436) brings the presidential public finance program, which started in the mid-1970's, up to date. Although it has worked for a few decades, it needs to be restored in its ability to support those candidates who wish to avoid the day-to-day big money fundraising that many of today's candidates go through. If you agree, please take action here or go directly to your Representative's and two Senators' websites through this service. Here's what Public Citizen says in its new drive:

White House: NOT for Sale!
The 2008 presidential candidates are engaged in never-ending race for campaign contributions – relying more than ever on bundlers and big donors, who attain special access and plum appointments as reward for their support. It was not always like this. For years, the presidential public funding system worked to level the playing field by setting limits on campaign spending and prevented candidates from becoming indebted to major contributors. Since the Bush/Gore race in 2000, it has failed as an alternative to big special interest money because it has not kept up with the costs of modern campaigns. Champions of fair elections in both houses of Congress have introduced the “Presidential Funding Act of 2007” to update the system. This legislation would make the funding system a viable alternative in today’s political environment. Please take a minute to add your own words to the letter below and tell your members of Congress to co-sponsor and help pass the fix for funding presidential elections.

Call your U.S. Representative to co-sponsor the Fair Elections Now Act

Common Cause, a participant public interest group in this ongoing Fair Elections Action Week, has a notice out that the U.S. House now has a sister bill to the Senate's Fair Elections Now Act. Please see this blog's November 12, 2007 post for more information about the senate bill; if you agree to further legislation with this U.S. House bill, please take action at this webpage, or just call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 .

At the end of last week, Rep. John Larson (D-CT), member of the House Leadership and new champion of "Fair Elections" public financing reform, sent a letter to the entire U.S. House asking for original cosponsors of his Fair Elections Now Act, a sister bill to the Durbin-Specter bill of the same name in the Senate.
Larson comes from the newest "Clean Elections" state, Connecticut, which will offer full public funding to candidates for state office who accept spending limits and swear off special interest cash in the 2008 election. He's also someone, like Durbin, who is simply tired of the fundraising arms race and the corrosive influence of big money on our political system.
Months ago we declared this Fair Elections Action Week--with events for public funding of campaigns happening throughout the country--and now there's a key opportunity to push this issue in Congress. We're asking folks to call their representatives and ask them to be original cosponsors of Rep. Larson's Fair Elections Now Act--so please make a call today and help give this bill some momentum and some new supporters! If you don't want to leave your call information with Common Cause, just call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for your U.S. Representative's office to leave your message.

Tell your U.S. Senators to vote YES for Fair Elections Now Act

Citizen activists across this country have come together this week, November 12-16, 2007, to support clean elections. A website is devoted just to this, called Fair Elections Action Week.

The increase in government corruption in the last few years has shown a need to publicly-finance our elections. Private fundraising takes way too much of the candidates' time, including that of the incumbent, your own representative. With clean elections, all qualified candidates who personally raise a set amount of individual contributions can commit much more of their own time exclusively with the voters. No more full-time fundraising. More interacting with the people.

Several states and lower levels of government have recently been successful with clean elections. The time is now to tell our local, state and national representatives to implement public financing of elections. Right now in congress, Senators Durbin of Illinois and Specter of Penn. is sponsoring S 1285, Fair Elections Now Act. Tell your two US Senators in Washington, DC today to co-sponsor or vote yes for this clean elections bill, by email from their websites, by phone or by visiting their local offices.