Welcome to the 2009 Voter-Owned
Elections Lobby Day!
This June 17th
NC Voters for Clean Elections and its partners will bring people from every
part of
Register here.
We will
be calling for an alternative, public way of financing elections that values
voters over dollars and community support over PAC endorsements.
Called
Voter-Owned Elections by us and Clean Elections by others, this system of
public campaign financing is a proven way of reducing candidate’s reliance on
fundraising from special interest groups, opening up the political process to
more candidates and voters, and allowing our government officials to be more
accountable to the public.
But for
legislators to expand this concept they need to hear from their constituents.
Register to attend Voter-Owned
Elections Lobby Day.
At this
year’s lobby day we will be advocating for two significant pieces of
legislation. The first, SB-966
Expanded Voter-Owned Elections would expand our state’s successful Council
of State program to additional offices.
The second, HB-120
Public Municipal Campaigns, would allow cities with more than 50,000
residents to create local public financing programs.
Both of
these bills have made significant progress already this year and are at crucial
places in the legislative process. They
both have a strong chance of passing this year and becoming one of our
coalition’s biggest victories of the decade.
However, without an outcry of public support, these bills could also
languish.
That’s where you come in.
We need you to spend a
few hours with us on June 17th and help us push these bills over
the edge.
Details: Coffee will be served at 9am and our
orientation will be from 9:30-10:30. Boxed lunches with be provided from 12-1
in the 1200 court of the Legislative Bldg. Click here for
more logistical information.
The event is being sponsored by all of our coalition partners, including the League of Women Voters, Democracy North Carolina, the NC Center for Voter Education, Common Cause NC, AARP-NC, the NC Council of Churches, the NAACP of NC, the NC Association of Educators, and the NC Justice Center. For a full list of partners click here.
Candidates for State
Treasurer and Commissioner of Labor shouldn’t have to rely on the groups they
regulate or do business with to run for office.
Municipalities should have the authority to enact public financing
programs that make local elections more accountable to the citizenry.
Come to Voter-Owned Elections Lobby Day and help make it happen! Register here.
Click here to learn more about the bills being considered this year
Click here for answers to logistical questions.
Click here to learn more about Voter-Owned Elections.
See you on June 17th!
