A New Recipe for Election Reform
Trevor Potter co-authored article with Bob Bauer. Excerpt
taken from the article.
Four decades after the campaign finance reforms that followed
Watergate, arguments over the role of money in politics seem
increasingly tired and unproductive.
Reforms appear destined to fail unless they rest on three key points: They should focus not on further restricting funding for political activity but rather on broadening avenues of citizen participation; they should look beyond contributions to parties and candidates to take into account other ways that money influences politics, including through the intersection of lobbying and political funding; and they should be informed by the experiences of states and localities.
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