September 23, 2009
ISSUE: Campaign Finance Reform
ACTION: Contact your State Senator and State Representative today! Tell them it is time for real Campaign Finance Reform legislation to be passed. Ask your legislators to call their legislative leader and insist that good Campaign Finance Reform legislation be available for a vote in the October Veto Session.
A good campaign contributions limits law should include:
- Reasonable limits applied to all individual and PAC contributions to candidates and parties;
- Limits on fund transfers among political committees, as well as coordinated expenditures on behalf of a candidate;
- Limits on contributions to candidates applied by each election cycle, not each calendar year;
- More complete and frequent disclosure of campaign contributions and expenditures; and
- A strengthened oversight agency with sufficient authority and resources to enforce the law, conduct random audits, and investigate and impose penalties for violations.
Governor Quinn vetoed HB7 at a press conference on August 27th attended by legislative leaders and members of good government groups. The Governor and legislative leaders committed to working together to come up with a stronger bill in the October veto session. The process of negotiations is ongoing but our legislators and their leaders still need pressure from us to get the job done.
The LWVIL has been working on Campaign Finance issues in Illinois since 1995. This is our best chance in over a decade to get meaningful Campaign Finance Reform legislation with contribution limits through the Illinois General Assembly.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
CONTACT YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS TODAY!
(Contact information can be found at www.ilga.gov)
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