{"id":165,"date":"2019-06-04T19:34:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T19:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/connecticut\/press-releases\/protect-the-citizens-election-program-there-is-no-going-back-to-the-wild-west\/"},"modified":"2019-06-04T19:34:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T19:34:17","slug":"protect-the-citizens-election-program-there-is-no-going-back-to-the-wild-west","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/connecticut\/press\/protect-the-citizens-election-program-there-is-no-going-back-to-the-wild-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect the Citizens\u2019 Election Program: There is No Going Back to the Wild West"},"template":"","class_list":["post-165","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The landmark Citizens\u2019 Election Program represents the most comprehensive and successful effort to remove special interest money from the political system undertaken by any state in U.S. history. Since the launch of the program, Connecticut has made enormous progress, transforming Connecticut from an example of rampant wrongdoing after years of scandal or \u201cCorrupticut,\u201d to a national model.\u00a0 It is not an overstatement to say that Americans across the nation look to our state as a model for the future of democracy.\u00a0","featured_image":"","press_type":145,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7855}"],"related_issues":[92,492],"related_work":false,"location":9},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"The landmark Citizens\u2019 Election Program represents the most comprehensive and successful effort to remove special interest money from the political system undertaken by any state in U.S. history. Since the launch of the program, Connecticut has made enormous progress, transforming Connecticut from an example of rampant wrongdoing after years of scandal or \u201cCorrupticut,\u201d to a national model.\u00a0 It is not an overstatement to say that Americans across the nation look to our state as a model for the future of democracy.\r\n\r\nDespite the program\u2019s overwhelming success and positive national impact\u2013with a majority of candidates participating in the program\u2013a new proposal threatens the Citizens\u2019 Election Program.\u00a0 Common Cause urges legislators to fight back against any threats to Connecticut\u2019s model program created to address corruption and self-interest by lawmakers and give Americans a real voice in policymaking.\r\n\r\nIt took one of the worst episodes in Connecticut\u2019s political history, with a governor who went to jail, to push lawmakers to enact the Citizens\u2019 Election Program in 2005.\u00a0 Common Cause led the effort, working with Republican Gov. 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Jodi Rell and a Democratically led House and Senate to give us the Citizens' Election Program in 2005.\u00a0 The overwhelming success of the Citizens\u2019 Election Program has proven that these programs can work in our state and across the nation.\r\n\r\nWith the Citizens\u2019 Election Program, Connecticut lawmakers returned to voters the authority to determine who will represent them in government.\u00a0 This is critically important at a time when public corruption scandals are rocking our nation.\u00a0\u00a0 The last thing we can do in Connecticut is go backwards and allow special interests to dictate policy.\u00a0 The citizens of Connecticut have reclaimed our government, and there is no going back.\r\n\r\n "}}]},"yoast_head":"\nProtect the Citizens\u2019 Election Program: There is No Going Back to the Wild West - Common Cause Connecticut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/connecticut\/press-releases\/protect-the-citizens-election-program-there-is-no-going-back-to-the-wild-west\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Protect the Citizens\u2019 Election Program: There is No Going Back to the Wild West\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/connecticut\/press\/protect-the-citizens-election-program-there-is-no-going-back-to-the-wild-west\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Connecticut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/connecticut\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/connecticut\/press-releases\/protect-the-citizens-election-program-there-is-no-going-back-to-the-wild-west\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/connecticut\/press-releases\/protect-the-citizens-election-program-there-is-no-going-back-to-the-wild-west\/\",\"name\":\"Protect the Citizens\u2019 Election Program: There is No Going Back to the Wild West - 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