Cenk Uygur
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Help California FREE Act Fight Money In Politics Now! Sign The Petition
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December 4, 2015
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5:15Now PlayingCALI RESIDENTS SIGN THE PETITION HERE
One group that fights money in politics is TYT’s own Wolf-PAC. Another great group is fighting the same fight at the state level in California. Please take a minute to help them today! Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"The California FREE Act of 2016 will update the Political Reform Act of 1974 in light of the changes made to our political system by the United States Supreme Court since the Citizens United Decision of 2010 in three ways:
(1) The Act will add to the purpose of the Fair Political Practices Commission to ensure that it has the power to pass rules and regulations to specifically ensure that (a) elections are free of excessive spending and fair enough that any citizen is able to effectively run for public office, not just the wealthy and their allies, and (b) every citizen shall have the equal freedom to vote and every vote cast shall be counted.
(2) The Act will repeal a 28 year old ban on publicly funded elections. Similar to the 27th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, ratified by the State of California on June 26, 1992, this Act ensures that the legislature cannot change the cost of a clean election system without first giving the People of the State of California a chance to vote them out of office. However, the Legislature can implement, without delay, new systems and changes that do not vary the cost to taxpayers, such as by using additional funds from increases in fines for violations of the Political Reform Act.”*
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