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Federal Election Commission – a dysfunctional mess

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 17:22 — Dave Culver
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Tell President Obama: Appoint Federal Election Commissioners who will enforce the law.

Bob Edgar, Common Cause

You already know that the Citizens United decision has opened the floodgates to unlimited election spending by special interests and left our political system in shambles.

But to add insult to injury, the Federal Election Commission – the agency in charge of enforcing campaign finance laws – is a dysfunctional mess. Three of the six commissioners staunchly refuse to enforce the law, and five of the six are serving despite expired terms!

We are calling on President Obama to nominate new FEC commissioners now so that candidates and parties can be held accountable in 2012.

Please sign the petition on the "We the People" section of the White House's website.

The White House says it will issue an official response to any petition that receives 25,000 or more signatures within 30 days. Let's make sure this issue makes it to the President's desk!

Signing the petition is a 3-step process:

1. If you've never signed a petition on the WhiteHouse.gov site before, click "Create Account" and complete the pop-up form.
2. Check your email. You must click on a link in the message from WhiteHouse.gov to verify your new account.
3. Click on the green "Sign this petition" button. That's it!

Please sign today and help us reach our goal of 25,000 signatures by February 10!

Thanks for all you do to help clean up politics.

Sincerely,


 

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