Ohio PIRG, along with the Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause,
Democracy 21, the League of Women Voters and Public Citizen, sent
letters to the remaining '08 presidential candidates.
We
urged the candidates to make a public commitment to use the public
financing system in the presidential general election if the opposing
party's nominee also agrees to use the public financing system in the
general election. For sitting members of Congress, we urged them to
co-sponsor legislation to modernize the public financing system.
The
presidential public financing system was established to protect the
integrity of the presidency and the interests of the American people.
Every Democratic and Republican nominee for president since 1976 has
used the public financing system for their general election
campaigns.
To read the letters, click here.
