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Urge Congress to Support Fair Elections

Instead of focusing on their constituents and the important issues of the day, elected officials in Washington spend too much time raising money from wealthy donors and lobbyists – often from the very industries they’re supposed to oversee!

It’s time to get our leaders out of the fundraising game and let them do the jobs we’ve elected them to do.

Fill out the form below to ask your Representative to co-sponsor the Fair Elections Now Act.

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I strongly urge you to co-sponsor the Fair Elections Now Act (HR 1826) to create a citizen-funded election system for congressional races. This critical reform would allow candidates to run for office on a blend of small donations and public funds, modeled off of the successful citizen-funded election systems in states like Arizona, Connecticut, and Maine. It's time to end the campaign money chase and really change how Washington works. Please sign on as a co-sponsor of the Fair Elections Now Act.

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