The Fair Elections Now Act

For the last 5 years, Citizens United has been allowing special interests to buy our elections.

But today, Senator Dick Durbin has re-introduced the Fair Elections Now Act. The bill rewards grassroots donors and campaigns by magnifying the power of small dollar donations to counter the harmful effects of Citizens United. All contributions to participating candidates must be under $150 and each contribution are 6X matched.

It’s time to finally turn the tide against Citizens United with real meaningful campaign finance reform like this.

We have the best opportunity to bring reform to Congress when our candidates are working for us, not special interests. It’s time to restore power to voters.

Americans are sick and tired of special interests controlling our elections.

The former bill S 750, which was a companion bill to H.R. 1404, would amend the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) to set up a quasi-publicly funded system for financing U.S. Senate campaigns. The Fair Elections Fund (FEF) would contribute $1.25 million plus $250,000 per state congressional district to each qualified candidate participating in the system.

S. 750 would also attempt to offset the excessive cost of campaign media by mandating a 20 percent reduction in broadcast rates for qualified candidates and offering such candidates up to $100,000 in media vouchers per state congressional district. The FEF would be funded by a tax on all government contractors with contracts valued at greater than $10,000,000, voluntary contributions by taxpayers, and civil penalties levied against S.750 violators by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Qualified candidates who violate the provisions of this bill would be subject to sanction by the FEC in the form of civil penalties and, in the case of “knowing and willful” violations, referral of the matter to the Department of Justice for possible criminal prosecution.

CLICK HERE to sign the petition to demand Congress pass the Fair Elections Now Act.











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