New Mexico Event a Success
By Matt Brix
Posted on Thu Jun 22, 2006 at 06:04:51 PM EST
Matt Brix address the group as board member Eric Griego (in the striped shirt next to Brix) looks on.
Hey Folks, This is Matt from New Mexico. Last night, Common Cause held an event in Albuquerque, marking the kick-off of our New Mexico Voters First pledge campaign. Our state campaign in New Mexico will coordinate closely with Common Cause's clean elections efforts at the Congressional level.
About 100 people packed the home of Common Cause New Mexico board member Eric Griego and Michelle Rizek for good food, beverages and plenty of talk about the upcoming pledge campaign. During our campaign between now and Election Day 2006, we will ask candidates in New Mexico to pledge support for legislation that will:
1. Restore Accountability.
Pass and enforce meaningful restrictions on gifts to public officials from persons having a financial interest in their official actions. Create an independent ethics commission to oversee and enforce the ban. Limit cash contributions, limit individual contributions, and limit or ban corporate and union contributions.
2. Protect Voters' Right-To-Know.
Require elected officials and candidates to disclose more precise information on campaign reports (such as all of the employers and all of the occupations of donors) and require them to report more than once per year. Require disclosure of all independent expenditures, including those coming from outside of our state. Require lobbyists to disclose more information in regular reports, such as what specific legislation they are interested in influencing during each legislative session.
3. Make Elections Fair.
Establish and enforce campaign spending limits by providing a set amount of public funding for all candidates who agree to take no private contributions.
Tags: ethics, New Mexico, public financing (all tags)
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