{"id":34834,"date":"2025-05-01T16:22:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T20:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/?post_type=act&#038;p=34834"},"modified":"2025-11-01T00:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T04:02:35","slug":"tell-congress-fully-fund-our-elections","status":"publish","type":"act","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/actions\/tell-congress-fully-fund-our-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Sagen Sie dem Kongress: Finanzieren Sie unsere Wahlen vollst\u00e4ndig!"},"template":"","class_list":["post-34834","act","type-act","status-publish","hentry","act_type-letter-campaign"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":"","act_type":44,"location":46,"related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"button_text":"","secondary_link":null,"hero_cta_type":"","hero_cta":null,"hero_cta_text":"","start_date_time":null,"end_date_time":null},"page_layout":null,"platform":"action_network","platform_id":"action_network:1939e1c3-7526-4344-9b59-4cbfb29d1227","tm_actions_platform":{"event_type":"advocacy_campaigns","platform_url":"","summary":"","description":"<p>Our government spends about the same on <em>parking lots <\/em>as it does elections. [1]\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>You read that right. Our <strong>elections rank near the bottom in public spending<\/strong>, starving our democracy at the expense of voters like us.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Right now, Congress can fix this and provide the funds that state and local officials \u2013 Democrats and Republicans alike \u2013 agree are urgently needed. They just need to act.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Election funding has long enjoyed bipartisan \u2013 but inconsistent \u2013 support in Congress. 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