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Business Leaders: "It's Time to Implement Fair Elections"

Submitted by Monica Rober on Wed, 07/22/2009 - 19:04

Business leaders and Public Campaign supporters Arnold Hiatt and Alan Patricof have an op-ed in today's edition of Roll Call."Just as candidates tire of the endless rounds of calls asking people for money, many donors have also grown tired of this arrangement. Neither of us will sit on the sidelines while we can help good people get elected with our donations, but we’d rather have lawmakers and candidates solving problems and making their case to the voters instead of being on the fundraising circuit."There is a practical, proven way to do this: "Fair Elections” campaign finance reform."To read the full article, click here.

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