Constitutional amendment: All elections will be publicly financed. Candidates for all elected offices will not be permitted to seek or accept campaign donations from any individual or private group or corporation. Neither shall candidates be permitted to fund their own campaigns.
Why is this important?
With the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, unlimited amounts of special interest money will be spent to influence elections. Too many of our elected representatives are beholden to their big campaign donors. All elections need to be publicly financed to ensure that our elected representatives do what's in the best interests of their constituents and the country rather than what's in the best interests of their big campaign donors. Only a constitutional amendment mandating public financing of all elections will guarantee that the U.S. Is a true constitutional democracy.
