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...measure suggested by Ballot Question 2 is just one more contribution to the muddled landscape of campaign finance regulations. It is objectionable on innumerable grounds. For instance, it does nothing to prevent individuals from personally financing their campaigns at levels far above the cap on public disbursements. And even if all the candidates abided by the conditions that would control the availability of public funds, the resulting equity in spending would merely enhance the already powerful advantage of incumbency...
Tomorrow Massachusetts voters will decide one of the most important ballot questions in the country. Dubbed the Clean Elections Initiative by its supporters, Ballot Question 2 would revamp the state's campaign finance laws, introducing public financing to all races from governor to state representative. Opponents of the law claim its cost, estimated at $56 million, would require new taxes or cuts from other state programs like education and health care. But the benefits the law promises--cleaner, fairer elections beyond the influence of "soft money" contributors--far outweigh its price...
...Question 2 and a similar question on the Arizona ballot succeed, Congress would be well advised to listen to the message voters are sending. Despite many years of promises of campaign finance reform, little progress has been made in Washington. The Shays-Meehan bill, which would have banned "soft money" contributions and which passed in the House despite the objections of the Republican leadership, died in the Senate...
...Looper is now the only name on the ballot to greet--and unnerve--the voters. Tennessee law mandates that a dead man's name must be removed from the ballot, but that of a man charged with but not convicted of a felony can remain. Burks' wife Charlotte is now running as a Democratic write-in candidate, and some key members of the embarrassed G.O.P. are supporting her. Tommy Burks' only remaining legacy on the ballot is a referendum question he sponsored: a proposed amendment to the state's constitution that would establish a crime victim's bill of rights...
...Statewide, it would be too, if there weregreater ballot access-then, you would see a lotmore candidates running on single issues,[especially] if it were less expensive," he says...