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Winds of Change Newsletter, February 2007 See sidebar for table of contents
Support the Push for Clean Elections - Here's How to HelpRight NowPlease contact your Senators and Delegates and urge them to support Clean Elections in West Virginia the West Virginia Public Campaign Financing Act (SB 118 and HB 2371) by calling 1-877-565-3447. Clean Elections Talking Points: 4 Public campaign funding dramatically reduces the time candidates spend raising money, which allows candidates to focus on talking with voters.4 Spending more time with voters makes elected officials better public servants because they understand what issues are important to their constituents.4 Public campaign funding cuts out the financial arms race dialing for dollars that is unhealthy for our nations democracy because it silences the voice of the people.4 Transparency is crucial to restoring public faith in the system.4 Public campaign funding creates an opportunity for regular people to feel that they can make a difference with their small-dollar contributions to candidates they believe in.4 Citizens believe that their representatives should answer to the people who voted for them rather than to those with the deepest pockets, and are fed up with the idea that money can so easily buy influence in our political process.4 West Virginia legislators have been pioneers in their efforts to regulate 527s. By supporting public campaign funding, the West Virginia legislature will carry on its efforts to limit the corrupting influence of money in elections and restore public faith in government and elected officials.4 With the recent barrage of stories of scandal and corruption, now is the time to strengthen our state campaign finance laws.Do your part - pick up the phone and call. Today!
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