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Bill: Campaign Finance Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Representative Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 3958
Description[?]:
| We need to change Campaign Finance Laws |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Public financing of political campaigns
Old value:: All candidates receive public funds but are not allowed to accept donations.
Current: All candidates receive public funds, and can still accept donations.
Proposed: Candidates receive public funds unless they have raised more than a certain amount of money.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:10:03, December 22, 2015 CET | From | Partito Comunista Istaliano | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | We absolutely disagree |
| Date | 17:10:41, December 22, 2015 CET | From | Partito Comunista Istaliano | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | We absolutely disagree |
| Date | 23:13:49, December 22, 2015 CET | From | Partito della Rivoluzione Democratica | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | So the "Representative" Party believes that rich people and big business should have a greater say in which parties get financing? And that parties without donors should not get financial support whatsoever? |
| Date | 23:43:00, December 22, 2015 CET | From | Representative Party | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | We believe that public financing does not truly represent the people. Donations and support from everyday people are best representative in politics |
| Date | 23:43:40, December 22, 2015 CET | From | Representative Party | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | We believe that public financing does not truly represent the people. Donations and support from everyday people are best representative in politics |
| Date | 10:43:28, December 23, 2015 CET | From | Partito Comunista Istaliano | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | The PCI believes that also poor people have the right to financial support, if they don't have one they could ask for financial support by the government |
| Date | 18:12:19, December 23, 2015 CET | From | Representative Party | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | We have modified the bill. We believe this is a fair compromise. It allows for public funding and donations, but public funding is limited |
| Date | 05:37:13, December 24, 2015 CET | From | Lega Democratica Popolare Istaliano | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | We support the comprise ! |
| Date | 22:17:10, December 24, 2015 CET | From | Partito della Rivoluzione Democratica | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | Once again I ask -- why should people with more money have a greater say in which parties are stronger economically? Are rich people more often correct? Do they have more of a right to rule? This proposal is ludicrous. The last time I checked, a party -- in a democracy -- is given influence based to how many people support it, not how rich its supporters are. If private donations are allowed to a greater extent, as you propose, private interests will soon dominate our politics. The Representative Party has shown its true colors as a party of the elite and the establishment. A thoroughly anti-democratic force. |
| Date | 15:33:36, December 25, 2015 CET | From | Representative Party | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | No one is hurt by this proposal. Parties with no donors still get public funds. Parties with a stronger backing have to go off donations. The rich elite aren't the only donors. There are several everyday voters who donate, and shouldn't the party with the most backing by everyday people win. Not to mention the problems with Public Funding. Taxpayer money is used to back candidates they don't even support. This is unfair to the people. |
| Date | 00:20:23, December 26, 2015 CET | From | Partito Comunista Istaliano | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | We think that donations from private people (especially rich people, companies and lobbies) could led to corruption. The PCI thinks also that everyone has the right to receive public funds, even if we do not agree with his policies |
| Date | 00:21:16, December 26, 2015 CET | From | Partito Comunista Istaliano | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | We think that donations from private people (especially rich people, companies and lobbies) could led to corruption. The PCI thinks also that everyone has the right to receive public funds, even if we do not agree with his policies |
| Date | 00:39:19, December 26, 2015 CET | From | Partito della Rivoluzione Democratica | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | The PSDI is not worried about small parties not getting donations -- it's the prospect of certain parties transforming into pure façade organizations for private, vested interests that we seek to avoid. *cough* USA *cough* Republicrats You ask "shouldn't the party with the most backing by everyday people win?" Well, that's why we have democratic elections. Suggesting that money as a voting tool is as legitimate as normal ballots is outrageous and disgusting. The point of democracy is "one man, one vote", while under the hyper-capitalist crony state proposed by the "Representative" Party, the norm would be "one millionaire, one million votes; one pauper, 0 votes". |
| Date | 03:25:13, December 27, 2015 CET | From | Representative Party | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | We can't ignore the fact that public funding is flawed. You take taxpayer money and then give it to candidates who those taxpayers may not support. This is a serious issue that must be reviewed |
| Date | 03:39:17, December 27, 2015 CET | From | Representative Party | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Reform |
| Message | Not to mention that wht I proposed still allows for public funding and actually hurts parties who recieve large donations as they are cut off from public funding |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 25 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 375 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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