[Sosfbay-discuss] Fair Elections?

[Palm Haven Handyman]

Wes,

Please dumb it down for me.  Should I be supporting this thing or agin it?

I favor electoral reform.


Roy III

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Wes Rolley <wrolley at charter.net> wrote:

>  Cameron's note sent me off to do some research.
>
> Here is the actual text of the bill that will be on the ballot: Note, in
> all of the following, we are only dealing with the Secretary of State
> Elections in 2014 and 2018... sort of a test case before doing more.
>
> (b) For eligible candidates in a general election:
> (1) The base amount of Fair Elections funding for a performance-qualified
> candidate in a general, special, or special runoff election is one million
> three
> hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000).
> (2) The amount of Fair Elections funding for an eligible qualified
> candidate in a contested general election is 25 percent of the base amount
> a performance-qualified candidate would receive.
>
> So, Cameron is correnct in that Dems would receive 4 X what a Green would
> receive if the Green candidate were not "performance-qualified."
>
> So, what is the definition of being "performance-qualified"?  (I am going
> to cut and paste just a few key items so that you get the point.
>
> OK.. this gets a bit more complex as you go thorough it all.
>
> First, there are "office qualified" candidates.
> To become "office-qualified" you must do *ALL* of the following:
>
> 1. The candidate files a declaration with the commission that the
> candidate has complied and will comply with all of the requirements of this
> act,....
>
> and
>
> 2. The office-qualified candidate shall collect at least 7,500 qualifying
> contributions. ($5 per contribution).
>
>  and some more administrative provisions to be followed.
>
> Then for the performance qualification???
>
> A qualified candidate shall collect at least one-half of the
> number of qualifying contributions as required for an office-qualified
> candidate for the same office. A qualified candidate may show a greater
> base of support by collecting double the amount of qualifying contributions
> as required for an office-qualified candidate to become a
> performance-qualified candidate.
>
>
>
> There are a few other wrinkles, including one on getting the word out that
> you really need these contributions.  That is called "seed money".
>
> (b) A seed money contribution shall not exceed one hundred dollars
> ($100) per donor, and the aggregate amount of seed money contributions
> accepted by a candidate seeking to become eligible for Fair Elections
> funding
> shall not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).
>
> In 2006, Debra Bowen spend $1.4 Million plus on her campaign for Secretary
> of State. Compare that to the $1.3 limit imposed here.  BTW: Republican
> Bruce McPherson spent
> $2.3 Million and Green Forrest Hill spend $35 K.
>
> So, a real question is raised:  Forrest Hill garnered 9,246 votes in Santa
> Clara County.  If each of those were to contribute $5 we could have an
> office qualified candidate for Sec. of State in 2014.
>
> So, how well organized can we be?  Can we make 15,000?   I really don't
> know.
>
> One of my points is that we need to do the real work and real analysis on
> every one of these decisions before making them.  This much took me about 15
> minutes.
>
> --
> "Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente
>
> Wes Rolley
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>
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