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Public Financing of Campaigns - NCSL
During the 1907 State of the Union Address, President Theodore Roosevelt stated ''The need for collecting large campaign funds would vanish if Congress provided an appropriation for the proper and legitimate expenses of each of the great national parties.''
http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/public-financing-of-campaigns-overview.aspx
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2016 Will Make the Strongest Case for Publicly Funded Elections
The 2012 presidential election was certainly the most expensive in American history. President Obamas re-election effort cost $1.1 billion, including nearly $700 million spent directly by his campaign. Mitt Romneys campaign spent over $400 million, but he received almost $800 million in additional outside help.
http://ivn.us/2015/06/22/2016-will-make-strongest-case-publicly-funded-elections/
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What is Public Financing?
It's the system under which candidates can use U.S. Treasury dollars to fund their campaigns. But only if they agree to play by a complicated set of rules.
http://www.factcheck.org/2008/04/what-is-public-financing/
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What Does Research Say About Public Funding for Political Campaigns? - IJ
The issue of public funding for political campaigns is heating up as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to take up the case of Arizona Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett, a First Amendment challenge by the Institute for Justice to Arizona's public funding law. Legal challenges to similar laws in Connecticut and Florida continue to work their way through the courts, and the U.S.
http://ij.org/report/what-does-research-say-about-public-funding-for-political-campaigns
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Evidence Suggests That Switching to Publicly Funded Elections is Rarely a Game-Changer - The Washington Post
Proponents say switching to publicly funded elections is a game-changer, but the evidence is mixed at best.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/evidence-suggests-that-switching-to-publicly-funded-elections-is-rarely-a-game-changer/2014/09/25/aaabb55a-4267-11e4-b437-1a7368204804_story.html
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Half in U.S. Support Publicly Financed Federal Campaigns - Gallup
Half of Americans say they would vote "for" a campaign finance law that establishes government funding of federal campaigns. Far more - 79% - would limit what congressional candidates can raise and spend on their own.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/163208/half-support-publicly-financed-federal-campaigns.aspx
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Support Fair Elections Now - Citizen
Politicians need big bucks to run their campaigns and they get most of it from wealthy donors and special interests. Those contributors expect paybacks in the form of special access, favorable legislation, earmarks, government contracts, or plum government jobs.
http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=1021
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Americans for Campaign Reform - Our Future Depends on It
Big money buys access and influence in Washington, dominating our policies and corrupting our politics. The only way to get big money out of politics is public funding. Our future depends on it.
http://www.acrreform.org
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Answering the Critics - Democracy Matters
Many people are concerned that public financing will raise taxes. But taxpayers actually save money if politicians are not funded by special interests in return for tax breaks, special favors, and government bailouts. Only public financing can ensure that tax dollars are spent in the interests of all the people, not wasted in order to pay back campaign contributors.
http://www.democracymatters.org/what-you-need-to-know-about-money-in-politics-2/overview/answering-the-critics/
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Publicly Funded Elections - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The phrase publicly funded elections is frequently used to describe political campaigns funded by the government rather than private individuals and organizations. It does not, as used in this article, refer to the public operation and funding of polling places, poll workers, vote counting, voter registration and other acts pertaining directly to the process of voting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicly_funded_elections
