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This Senate this week is considering a simple, 4-page Administration proposal to fix Wall Street and the nation's finances.  Here's another simple proposal - file campaign finance reports electronically.  As a NY Times editorial says, "Just Click Send":
As hard as it is to believe, the Senate is still cynically mired in the dark age of paper filings. Candidates submit required reports on political money and donors via paper sheaves that wend through slow-mo typing, re-typing and mailing, ensuring that full disclosure only occurs sometime after Election Day.


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