WPC's
Accomplishments over the last several years
Arizona's
Clean Elections Program: All Over The Map
A statistical report on demographics of supporters who enable
Clean Elections candidates to run and win in Arizona - 27-page
PDF
Craig
Salins' talk at Greg Palast event in Olympia, 10-3-08
PDF
Cost
to buy back our government - $3.58 per person per year!
PDF
2006
National Survey of Voters by Lake Research 2-page PDF
Welcome
to Plutocracy - speech by Bill Moyers 10-29-10 PDF
Saving
Our Democracy by Bill Moyers 2-27-06 - PDF
Elections
09 review from Progressive States Network - 30-page PDF
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Craig
Salins at Get Money Out of Politics rally summarizes
how Corporate Personhood and Citizens United undermines
democracy (6 min.)
Accountability
in Congress, by
Larry Lessig (ChangeCongress.org)
20-minute presentation: why public financing of Congressional
campaigns is essential
Bill
Moyers on Clean Campaigns (youtube.com)
Getting A Grip on Money
and Politics By Frances Moore Lappe
Part
One Part
Two (youtube.com)
WPC DVD: 12-minute &
30-minute clips from 2007 Seattle Town Hall Forum; 9-minute
clip of PBS's NOW show "Votes for Sale?" first
shown 10-20-2006 Contact [email protected] for
a DVD
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| NATIONAL
LEGISLATION
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Fair
Elections Now Act as it would be applied in Washington State
1-page summary, PDF
How
To Win Fair Elections Now Act in Congress:
citizen activist checklist 1-page PDF
2009
FENA Senate Rules bill, draft 3-31-09 PDF
2009
FENA Senate Finance bill, draft 3-31-09 PDF
Generic
Resolution to Endorse the Fair Elections Now
Act PDF
Citizens'
Petition - Fair Elections Now Act PDF
Fair
Elections Commonsense Reform 1-page PDF
Breaking
Free with Fair Elections 1-page summary PDF
Breaking
Free with Fair Elections 19-page PDF
Six
Pillars of Fair Elections 1-page PDF
Dispelling
Myths about Fair Elections, and Testimonials 2-page
PDF
Buying
the Congress 2-page PDF
CRS
Report for Congress - Public Financing of Congressional
Elections: Background and Analysis (Congressional Research
Service, July 2007 a 60-page report, with appendices and
tables)
ADVOCATE
- CO-SPONSORSHIP
Fullpage
ad for Fair Elections Now act (2mg PDF)
Dear
Colleague letter to Congress from FENA sponsors
Cover
letter to Congress announcing FENA bill
Fair
Elections Now Act 2009- 2-page fact sheet
Fair
Elections Now Act as it would be applied in Washington State
1-page summary plus resolution, PDF
Organizational
Supporters of FENA - National list (partial, 4-6-09)
Business Supporters of FENA- National list (partial,4-3-09)
National
poll by Lake Research- support for public campaign
financing in Congress
Letter
from large donors to Democratic members of Congress
Letter
from large donors to Democratic Senators
Sample letter from advocates, urging FENA co-sponsorship
PDF
Sample
letter from advocates, urging FENA co-sponsorship
Word file version - edit for your group.
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| WASHINGTON
STATE LEGISLATION - 2012 |
House
State Gov't Committee Roster
WPC
Testimony HB 2499 and HB 2500
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WASHINGTON
STATE LEGISLATION - 2011
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Fair
Elections Proposals_2011 PDF
WPC
Testimony on SB 5021 - Jan. 13, 2011 -PDF
WPC
Testimony to Senate Elections Committee - Dec. 7,
2010 - PDF
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| LOCAL
PROGRAMS - Voter-Owned Elections
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Voter-owned
assessment guide (draft)
PDF
We
Need Voter-Owned Election Campaigns PDF PDF
Voter-owned
Elections Programs for Cities & Counties PDF
Voter-owned
Elections Design Decisions PDF
Considerations
and Evaluation of Public Campaign Funding Models
City
of Seattle's Resolution 5-12-08 Resolution establishing
the Public Campaign Financing Advisory Committee - PDF
Report
from Seattle Campaign Financing Advisory Committee (6-08)
Seattle
ordinance creating the Ethics and Elections Commission,
and setting maximum contribution limits (Chapter 2.04) -
HTML page
Proposed
Ordinance of the City of Olympia, relating to voluntary
public funding of city council candidate election campaigns.
This is a rough draft.
Olympia
Summary PDF Olympia
Explanation PDF
Achieving
Voter-Owned Elections: Commentary by Craig Salins
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| JUDICIAL
ELECTIONS
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|
| ORGANIZING
AND TRAINING MATERIALS
(PDFs) |
2010
Priorities for WPC Local Councils/Chapters
Local
Chapters Organizing Guide
Effective
Meetings • How
to run a meeting
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| RESOLUTIONS,
PLEDGES, ENDORSEMENTS
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Election
Season Advocacy Project, 2010 - PDF
WPC
Candidates' Pledge form
Generic
Resolution in support of Public Campaigns
to present at your organization, union, etc. - Editable
Word doc
Resolution in Support of the Local Option for Public Campaigns
PDF
Resolution
to Endorse the Fair Elections Now Act in
Congress PDF
Fair
Elections Now Act Citizens' Petition PDF
Candidates'
Pledge form from Voters FirstPledge.org PDF
Endorsement
form for individuals
Endorsement
form for organizations
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| HEALTH
CARE REFORM (PDFs) |
Predicting
the future: health care debate in Congress
Health
care industry campaign contributions & lobbying 2009
Health
care industry lobbying information 2008
Health
Care CEO pay 2008
Health
care reform - necessary features
"What's
it gonna take to get REAL health care reform?"
half-sheet
flier connecting health care reform to public campaign funding.
Reverse side: Necessary Features (as above)
"Want
health care reform?" full-sheet
flier connecting health care reform to public campaign funding.
Reverse:Necessary Features (as above).
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BANQUET 2011 (PDFs) BACK
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2011
Award Recipients • 2010
Award Recipients
2009 Award Recipients
2011
Sponsorship info • 2011
Half-sheet Advertising Flier
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| ACTION
ALERTS |
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| ARCHIVED
DOCS
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Directors' Reports
The
Road Ahead 2008
(PDF)
January
2008 (PDF)
August 2007 (PDF)
WPC
- Fighting for Authentic Democracy
— 2011 Review and changes in focus (PDF)
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Email News 2012
February
19, 2012
March
13, 2012
Email News 2011
March
18, 2011
April
30, 2011
May
11, 2011
July
8, 2011
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