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Bill: Campaign Finance Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Parti Libératif
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: February 4155
Description[?]:
| Whereas the current law of La République Socialiste Populaire Lourennais gives public funds to political campaigns while banning private contributions; Whereas the public funding of political campaigns is a noble end, but the ban on private donations restricts the freedom of speech; and Whereas the a mixed system that allows for either public funding or private funding would do more to promote the noble goals of Liberté, Egalité, and Communauté, Therefore, be it Enacted by the Conseil National des Ouvriers: Candidates that accept public funds cannot accept donations. |
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: Campaigns are never publicly financed.
Proposed: Candidates that accept public funds cannot accept donations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:52:23, January 20, 2017 CET | From | Parti Unifié des Travailleurs | To | Debating the Campaign Finance Freedom Act |
| Message | This will lead to a paradoxical situation in which the wealthiest candidates with the deepest pocketed donors will have an unfair advantage in elections, with everyone else relegated to a fixed sum of public money to spend. That's not freedom, that's counter-revolutionary bourgeois tyranny. The current system allows all candidates equal resources to compete in our nation's free and fair elections. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 37 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 46 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 17 |
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