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Support Voters First Pledge Nationally and Prop 89 Here in California
Remarks of Nick Nyhart
Executive Director of Public Campaign
Here in San Diego, I feel like I am at an epicenter of the money and politics plague that has sickened the democratic process all over the country. A local Congressman, Duke Cunningham, has gone to jail as part of an ongoing national scandal. The cost of political campaigns is going up, up, up at every level and that is certainly more true in California than anywhere else in the country, and voters badly want change in our political system.
But, thankfully, here in California, Proposition 89 is on the ballot
Proposition 89 offers Californians a chance to take back control of the political system from the lobbyists and deep pocket campaign donors and join with voters in seven other states and two cities that have adopted Clean Elections. By passing Proposition 89, voters in California would send a clear signal to politicians across the country that they demand meaningful campaign reform.
Our Voters First Pledge, which is being launched as a grassroots campaign today, asks that all candidates for federal office stand for a change in the way political business is done back in Washington DC. Already, nearly 300 candidates have signed the pledge, which calls for Clean Elections style-public financing, increased ethics and lobbyists restrictions, and more disclosure of lobbyist political fundraising. I am happy to announce that Congressman Bob Filner is one of the signers.
Beginning today and over the coming weeks nearly three million e-mails will go out to grassroots citizens telling them about this campaign, showing them where their own local candidates stand and urging that they pursue candidates in their area to sign the pledge.
You can learn more about the pledge by going to our website at www.VotersFirstPledge.org and we have a full list of California pledgers here on paper. Our own polling shows that these reforms are backed by three-quarters of voters nationally. The pledge is sponsored by the Public Campaign Action Fund, Common Cause, Public Citizen, and USPIRG.
The Voters First Pledge and Proposition 89 are both importance steps to rid our political system of the corruptive influence of special interest money and put the power in voter hands.
Nick Nyhart is the Executive Director of Public Campaign. Since the early 1990’s Nyhart has worked with reformers and their allies across the country in pursuit of publicly-financed elections. Prior to his work at Public Campaign, Nyhart directed a six-state campaign finance organizing project for Northeast Action with a focus on winning Clean Elections initiative victories in Maine and Massachusetts.
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