public financing general election

• Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer On Decision by Senator Obama Not to Accept Public Financing for Presidential General Election

To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Kristen Hagan of Democracy 21, +1-202-429-2008, khagan@democracy21.org

• U.S. Newswire
• June 19, 2008

• Presidential primary and general election candidates; public financing: Eligibility requirements and funding expenditure and repayment procedures,

• FR, December 16, 1998
• Proposed rules
• Federal Election Commission

• Presidential Campaign; Situational Ethics?; Pledges Are for Keeping. Nobody's Interest Is Served If Candidates Reject Public Financing in the General Election. 'Only If He Will' Isn't a Sign of Commitment.

There is a bit of situational ethics occurring at the moment on the matter of public financing for presidential candidates. John McCain and Barack Obama both eschewed public financing for the primary. They pledged to use it in the general election. Obama's fund raising has been through the roof, and McCain's considerably less so. The Illinois senator, still in a slog of a Democratic race after Pennsylvania, is now sounding like he will reject public financing if he wins the nomination.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• April 25, 2008

• Watch Obama On Campaign Finance Ruling

I applaud the Supreme Court's decision this week in the Arizona campaign finance case ("Justices void Arizona campaign-finance law," Politics, Tuesday). I believe the ruling is entirely consistent with the First Amendment. I have to wonder, however, if President Obama will be so bold as to chastise the justices on their decision in this case, as he did following the Citizens United decision. For the following reasons, I don't think Mr. Obama will confront the justices over the decision. First, in 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama was the first presidential candidate in decades to forgo public financing for the general election because he raised so much money from private donors. If federal law in 2008 had been similar to Arizona's Clean Elections law, however, Sen. John McCain would have rec...

• The Washington Times
• June 30, 2011

• Presidential primary and general election candidates; public financing: Electronic filing system; implementation,

• FR, June 21, 2000
• Rules
• Federal Election Commission

• Presidential primary and general election candidates; public financing: Eligibility requirements and funding expenditure and repayment procedures,

• FR, September 13, 1999
• Rules
• Federal Election Commission

• Reform Groups Urge Senator Obama to Reaffirm Commitment He Made Last Year to Use Public Financing System If His Opponent Also Agrees to Use System in General Election

To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Elenia Saloutsi of Democracy 21, +1-202-429-2008, esaloutsi@democracy21.org

• U.S. Newswire
• February 15, 2008

• Presidential primary and general election candidates; public financing: Credit and debit card contributions over Internet,

• FR, June 17, 1999
• Rules
• Federal Election Commission

• Presidential primary and general election candidates; public financing: Electronic filing of reports,

• FR, April 11, 2000
• Proposed rules
• Federal Election Commission

• Presidential primary and general election candidates; public financing: Party committee coordinated expenditures and media travel costs,

• FR, August 05, 1999
• Rules
• Federal Election Commission