{"id":1696,"date":"2024-10-01T20:24:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T00:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/?post_type=resource&p=1696"},"modified":"2024-10-01T20:24:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T00:24:29","slug":"vote-no-on-amendment-6","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/resources\/vote-no-on-amendment-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote NO on Amendment 6"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1696","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource_type-guide"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Vote NO on Amendment 6 on the 2024 Florida ballot. Because you shouldn't have to be rich to run for office.","featured_image":"","resource_type":161,"authors":"","related_issues":[92,404],"related_work":[168],"location":12},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

If you believe money in politics is a problem, then vote no on Amendment 6 in November 2024.<\/span><\/h3>\r\n
Voters should influence elections, not big money donors<\/strong><\/blockquote>\r\nAmendment 6 was put on the ballot by the Florida Legislature, not by the people of Florida. It proposes to repeal Article VI, Section 7 of the Florida Constitution, which requires the state to have a public financing program for candidates for Governor and Cabinet who agree to spending limits. And, if it passes, it will also get rid of the entire Florida Election Campaign Financing Act. Florida\u2019s long tradition of public financing, which goes back to the 1980s, will be wiped out.\r\n

What is Florida's public campaign financing program?<\/h4>\r\nIts a program that matches small-dollar campaign donations made by everyday Florida residents.\r\n\r\nThe purpose of the program is defined right in the Laws of Florida: \u201cto make candidates more responsive to the voters of the State of Florida and as insulated as possible from special interest groups.\u201d <\/strong><\/em>THAT is the program Amendment 6 is trying to eliminate.\r\n\r\nPublic financing is part of the solution to the problem of money in politics<\/strong> because it increases engagement between candidates and the voters they seek to represent, makes constituents more important to campaigns, and encourages elected leaders to be more responsive to the communities they serve.<\/span>\r\n
You should not have to be rich to run for office.<\/b><\/blockquote>\r\n

Floridians don\u2019t want a state government that only has millionaires and billionaires in power. <\/strong><\/h4>\r\nWe want elected leaders who understand our everyday lives \u2014 leaders who will enact policies that address the real challenges we face. <\/span>\r\n\r\nPublic campaign financing not only opens doors to candidates who otherwise couldn\u2019t take the financial leap to run for office, but it also makes constituents more important to campaigns and incentivizes elected leaders to be more responsive to the communities they serve.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nWe need to vote no on Amendment 6 because if it passes it will be even harder for new, more diverse leaders to run for statewide office. <\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\nRunning an effective statewide campaign is incredibly expensive in Florida. This discourages good people from running for office if they are not wealthy. Public campaign financing helps foster a more diverse candidate pool and enables more regular Floridians to take the leap to run for office.<\/span>\r\n\r\nAmendment 6 is a continuation of the story of big money special interests consolidating power <\/strong><\/span>and it is yet another example of the Florida Legislature's unpopular mission to reduce everyday Floridians' influence on our government.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n

Vote No.<\/h3>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_resources","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_resources":{"heading":"Related Resources","button_text":"See all Related Resources","manually_curate":false,"resource":null}}]},"yoast_head":"\nVote NO on Amendment 6 - Common Cause Florida<\/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\/florida\/resources\/vote-no-on-amendment-6\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vote NO on Amendment 6\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/resources\/vote-no-on-amendment-6\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Florida\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/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\/florida\/resources\/vote-no-on-amendment-6\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/florida\/resources\/vote-no-on-amendment-6\/\",\"name\":\"Vote NO on Amendment 6 - 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