Join PCCC’s Take Back Democracy campaign.
As long as elections are primarily privately financed, we can expect corruption. One solution is to set up a voluntarily public financing system that gives grants to candidates who can collect a certain number of donations and signatures who prove that they are viable.
Yesterday, the Hawaii House by an overwhelming 48-3 vote passedAi??a bill to do just that. Under the terms of their Fair Elections program, these are the thresholds that candidates would have to pass before getting public funding: “House candidates would need 250 signatures from district registered voters, each accompanied by a $5 donation; signatures from 350 voters, each donating $5, would be required for Senate candidates.”
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