]> http://www.publicampaign.org/obama_on_fair_elections Comments for "President-Elect Barack Obama and Public Financing of Elections" en http://www.publicampaign.org/obama_on_fair_elections <h3><strong>“I also believe that if we’re serious about change, we need to have a real discussion about public financing for congressional elections. Because even if we can stop lobbyists from buying us lunch or taking us out on junkets, they’ll still be able to attend our fundraisers – and that’s access the average American doesn’t have.”</strong></h3><em>— Barack Obama, August 2, 2007.<a name="_ftnref1" href="#_ftn1" title="_ftnref1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[1]</span></a></em><u> <br /><br /></u> <table width="100%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"><object width="425" height="344" align="middle"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7gAn6I3-SYo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7gAn6I3-SYo&hl=en&fs=1" width="425" height="344" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></td> </tr> </table> <h1><strong>Executive Summary</strong></h1> <p class="MsoNormal">Throughout his career, beginning as an Illinois state senator and extending through his current presidential campaign, President-Elect Barack Obama has been a consistent advocate of legislation to create public financing of elections. In addition to sponsoring legislation in the Illinois state Senate creating public financing for judicial elections, Obama has gone on record in favor of a federal Clean Elections law, and he has repeatedly advocated for the reform of the presidential matching funds program.</p> Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:26:39 +0000