Could public financing help promote more fair and inclusive elections?

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** NEXT TUESDAY! Funded by The People: What We Learned From D.C.'s Fair Elections Program ([link removed])
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Wealthy special interests and a small number of big donors have come to dominate the funding of political campaigns in our country. The good news - there is a solution that can help our democracy become more representative, and it's called public financing. Public financing provides public funds to candidates to support their election campaigns. Washington D.C. launched its inaugural Fair Elections Program just last year, and it became an immediate success.

On Tuesday, October 19 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern/8:00 a.m. Pacific, join us for a conversation about the potential of public financing and a look at "Democratizing The District," CLC's report on the District of Columbia's first foray into publicly-funded campaigns. After a special introduction from Paul Smith, CLC's Catie Hinckley Kelley will lead a panel discussion with Austin Graham, Jeremiah Lowery of DC for Democracy and Dr. Craig Holman of Public Citizen.

We hope you can join us for this important conversation. As panelist Austin Graham said in our report on public funding in Washington D.C., "In the age of super PACs and big-time corporate spending, public financing is increasingly a viable alternative to getting campaigns to really focus on the democratic values that should be fueling our elections."

Date: October 19, 2021
Time: 11 a.m. Eastern/8 a.m. Pacific

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Meet the Speakers

Austin Graham joined CLC in August 2016. As part of the state and local reform program, he concentrates on policy efforts to improve campaign finance regulation and electoral integrity around the country. He works closely with state and local stakeholders to formulate legislation advancing money in politics reform objectives. Before joining CLC, Austin worked for the Election Law Program at William & Mary Law School, where he oversaw development of an online database of state election codes.

Craig Holman, Ph.D., serves as Public Citizen’s Capitol Hill lobbyist on ethics, lobbying and campaign finance rules. Craig is an expert on campaign finance reform, governmental ethics, lobbying practices and the impact of money in politics. Previously, Craig was senior policy analyst at the Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law. Craig worked closely with reform organizations and the Democratic congressional caucus of the 110th Congress in drafting and promoting the “Honest Leadership and Open Government Act,” the new federal lobbying and ethics reform legislation signed into law on Sept. 14, 2007.
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Catie Hinckley Kelley is CLC's senior director of policy and strategic partnerships. Recognizing that the federal government continuously fails to act on issues of campaign finance, government ethics and voting rights, CLC is building a program under her leadership to help state and local partners develop and implement effective policies. Catie works with stakeholders at the state and municipal levels, as well as with CLC’s legal staff, to assess reform options and determine what policy and approach would be the best fit for their communities. She worked as a staff attorney at the Federal Election Commission from 2010 to 2014 and before that as a policy analyst for CLC from 2005 to 2007 before leaving to attend law school.

Jeremiah Lowery is the chair of DC for Democracy and a former candidate for city council in the District of Columbia.

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