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Green Party => A. Democracy - Political Reforms => Platform - Section I. Democracy => A4. Democracy - Campaign Finance Reform => Topic started by: AnthonyAú on Mar 03, 2024, 05:04 PM
Platform - Green Party US I. Democracy A. Political Reforms 4. Campaign Finance Reforms- Provide full public financing of federal, state and local elections, including free candidate statements in official government voter guides, and free and equal radio and television time on the public airwaves for all ballot-qualified candidates and parties.
- Amend the Federal Election Campaign Act to change the percentage of the presidential popular vote required for a new party's candidate to receive first time General Election public funding from 5% in the previous General Election to 1%;
- Amend the U.S. Constitution to unequivocally define that money is not a form of free speech; that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights; and that full regulation or limitation of campaign contributions and spending be allowed by law.
Such an amendment would overturn Citizens United v. FEC (2010), McCutcheon v. FEC (2014) and Buckley v. Vallejo (1976).
Amend the Constitution to authorize the regulation of election contributions and spending to eliminate undue influence of money in our political system, and to protect the rights of all Americans to free speech, political participation, and meaningful representation in government.
Together these reforms would address campaign finance transparency of dark money while ending independent campaign expenditures by the corporate rich.
Until such amendments in enacted, prohibit corporations from spending to influence elections, as a condition of receipt of a corporate charter by federal chartering of corporations.
- Pass strong campaign-finance disclosure laws in all fifty states that require full transparency for campaign donations, including from 501(c)(4) organizations and LLCs.
- Replace the Federal Election Commission with a vigorous watchdog empowered to enforce federal campaign finance laws.