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ACTION ALERTS
AWARDS BANQUET 2011
ARCHIVED EMAILS & DOCS
CITIZENS UNITED: Overturning
ENDORSEMENTS & RESOLUTIONS 
EVENTS and PRESENTATIONS
FLIERS & HANDOUTS: 
   Voter-owned (public) elections   
HEALTH CARE REFORM
JUDICIAL CAMPAIGNS

LOCALVoter-owned elections
NATIONAL - FAIR ELECTIONS NOW ACT:
   Information & Advocacy
OCCUPY MOVEMENT
ORGANIZING & TRAINING MATERIALS
PRESENTATION MATERIALS
REPORTS & OPINION
VIDEOS
WA STATE LEGISLATION - 2012
WA STATE LEGISLATION - 2011

OCCUPY MOVEMENT

Comments by Craig Salins, Occupy Seattle Rally 11-19-2011 - PDF

CITIZENS UNITED: overturning (PDFs)

TOOLKIT FOR CITIZEN ACTIVISTS

  1. Why Amend the Constitution?
  2. Key Points to Citizens United 2010 ruling

  3. Summary of proposals for Constitutional Amendments

  4. Why State Legislators Must Support a 28th Amendment

  5. a. Letter by Washington Legislators
    asking support for amendment to overturn Citizens United

    b. Legislators who have signed Joint Legislative Letter

  6. a. Resolution (generic) by Organizations
      asking Legislature and Congress to enact a 28th Amendment

    b. Resolution (generic) by Precinct Caucus
      asking Legislature and Congress to enact a 28th Amendment

  7. Resolution (generic) by Organizations
    requesting city/county to place 28th Amendment Advisory Measure on Ballot

  8. Resolution (generic) by Cities/Counties
    asking State Legislature to enact a 28th amendment


  9. Citizen Petition for a Seattle Ballot Measure
  10. Citizens Petition Info Handout for Advisory Ballot

  11. Citizen Petition: Overturn Citizens United

  12. How to reclaim democracy for PEOPLE
    What to know; What to do

  13. Reclaim Democracy Action list
  14. Reclaim Democracy Resource list
  15. Seattle_Rally_May14_Flier_Quarter-Page

VIDEO: Craig Salins at Get Money Out of Politics rally summarizes how Corporate Personhood and Citizens United undermines democracy

Democracy for People - An organizing Plan for 2011

Overturn Citizens United - for Fair Elections, Fair Economy
(Op-Ed by Craig Salins)

Recipe for Legislative Action by Grassroots Advocacy

PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FUNDING - FLIERS & HANDOUTS    BACK TO TOP

Fair Elections - with publicly-financed campaigns
one-page summary: Why Fair Elections?

Editable advertisement Spread the word of a public meeting (Word doc)

Let's have public campaign funding!
Why, how, and where it works ~ half-sheet 2-sided PDF

Why Public Financing? 1 page PDF

A Brief History of Clean Elections Laws 1996-present ~ 2 page PDF

Fast Facts about Clean elections 2 page PDF

Public campaigns Summary
Report on 3 states, from Progressive States Network Report

The fight for clean campaigns PDF

Fair Elections: Leveling the playing field
2-page primer from Public Campaign

BROCHURE
in English
or in Spanish
double-sided tri-folded
8.5 x14" PDF


WPC UPDATE 4-10
Insert to go in brochures.
Info about recent progress
in Olympia and about WPC Education Fund, our fiscal partner for tax-exempt contributions. 
  


Clean Campaigns Pledge
(PDF)


Citizens' Petition
form and instructions
Petition in Spanish

 

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EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
March 5th Forum at Seattle University
  with author Jeff Clements, "Corporations Are Not People"
PRESENTATION MATERIALS (See Making a Presentation) 

Presentation Outline PDF

Six points in Six Minutes PDF

Event Worksheet and Media Planner

WPC Needs Financial Support PDF, August 2009

REPORTS & OPINION PIECES   BACK TO TOP

WPC's Accomplishments over the last several years

Arizona's Clean Elections Program: All Over The Map
A statistical report on demographics of supporters who enable Clean Elections candidates to run and win in Arizona - 27-page PDF

Craig Salins' talk at Greg Palast event in Olympia, 10-3-08 PDF

Cost to buy back our government - $3.58 per person per year! PDF

2006 National Survey of Voters by Lake Research 2-page PDF

Welcome to Plutocracy - speech by Bill Moyers 10-29-10 PDF

Saving Our Democracy by Bill Moyers 2-27-06 - PDF

Elections 09 review from Progressive States Network - 30-page PDF

LINKS TO VIDEOS    BACK TO TOP

Craig Salins at Get Money Out of Politics rally summarizes how Corporate Personhood and Citizens United undermines democracy (6 min.)

Accountability in Congress, by Larry Lessig (ChangeCongress.org)
20-minute presentation: why public financing of Congressional campaigns is essential

Bill Moyers on Clean Campaigns (youtube.com)

Road to Clean Elections Video (publiccampaign.org) Video describing success on Maine and Arizona Clean Elections, narrated by Bill Moyers

Votes For Sale? Excerpts from PBS NOW program, Oct 2006 (youtube.com)

Getting A Grip on Money and Politics By Frances Moore Lappe
Part One     Part Two (youtube.com)

WPC DVD: 12-minute & 30-minute clips from 2007 Seattle Town Hall Forum; 9-minute clip of PBS's NOW show "Votes for Sale?" first shown 10-20-2006 Contact wpc@washclean.org for a DVD

NATIONAL LEGISLATION    BACK TO TOP

INFORMATION

Fair Elections Now Act - How the present campaign finance system influenced recent financial reform legislation

Fair Elections Now Act - Murray comparison
- compares campaign funding by Sen. Murray with FENA option

Federal Regulation of Campaign Finance:
McCain-Feingold (BCRA) and Citizens United ruling

Fair Elections Now Act flier - 2 ½-size fliers on each page (PDF)

Fair Elections Now Act 2009 - 2-page fact sheet (PDF)

Fair Elections Now Act as it would be applied in Washington State 1-page summary, PDF

How To Win Fair Elections Now Act in Congress:
citizen activist checklist 1-page PDF

2009 FENA Senate Rules bill, draft 3-31-09 PDF

2009 FENA Senate Finance bill, draft 3-31-09 PDF

Generic Resolution to Endorse the Fair Elections Now Act  PDF

Citizens' Petition - Fair Elections Now Act PDF

Fair Elections Commonsense Reform 1-page PDF

Breaking Free with Fair Elections 1-page summary PDF

Breaking Free with Fair Elections 19-page PDF

Six Pillars of Fair Elections 1-page PDF

Dispelling Myths about Fair Elections, and Testimonials 2-page PDF

Buying the Congress 2-page PDF

CRS Report for Congress - Public Financing of Congressional Elections: Background and Analysis (Congressional Research Service, July 2007 a 60-page report, with appendices and tables)

ADVOCATE - CO-SPONSORSHIP

Fullpage ad for Fair Elections Now act (2mg PDF)

Dear Colleague letter to Congress from FENA sponsors

Cover letter to Congress announcing FENA bill

Fair Elections Now Act 2009- 2-page fact sheet

Fair Elections Now Act as it would be applied in Washington State 1-page summary plus resolution, PDF

Organizational Supporters of FENA - National list (partial, 4-6-09)

Business Supporters of FENA
- National list (partial,4-3-09)

National poll by Lake Research- support for public campaign financing in Congress

Letter from large donors to Democratic members of Congress

Letter from large donors to Democratic Senators

Sample letter from advocates, urging FENA co-sponsorship
PDF

Sample letter from advocates, urging FENA co-sponsorship Word file version - edit for your group.

WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATION - 2012

House State Gov't Committee Roster

WPC Testimony HB 2499 and HB 2500

WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATION - 2011

Fair Elections Proposals_2011  PDF

WPC Testimony on SB 5021 - Jan. 13, 2011 -PDF

WPC Testimony to Senate Elections Committee - Dec. 7, 2010 - PDF

LOCAL PROGRAMS - Voter-Owned Elections    BACK TO TOP

Voter-owned assessment guide (draft) PDF

We Need Voter-Owned Election Campaigns PDF PDF

Voter-owned Elections Programs for Cities & Counties PDF

Voter-owned Elections Design Decisions PDF

Considerations and Evaluation of Public Campaign Funding Models

City of Seattle's Resolution 5-12-08 Resolution establishing the Public Campaign Financing Advisory Committee - PDF

Report from Seattle Campaign Financing Advisory Committee (6-08)

Seattle ordinance creating the Ethics and Elections Commission, and setting maximum contribution limits (Chapter 2.04) - HTML page

Proposed Ordinance of the City of Olympia, relating to voluntary public funding of city council candidate election campaigns. This is a rough draft.

Olympia Summary PDF      Olympia Explanation PDF

Achieving Voter-Owned Elections: Commentary by Craig Salins

JUDICIAL ELECTIONS    BACK TO TOP

Justice must NOT be for sale! - Half-sheet handout, updated 1-19-2011

Report on judicial bills in 2010 legislative session

Supreme Court Fair Elections - Making the Case
Executive summary of the case for public financing. 1-page PDF

Summary of Supreme Court Fair Elections bill 1-page PDF 2-2-10

WA State sponsors of the judicial bills (2-page PDF)

Generic resolution in support of WA public judicial campaign funding
PDF formatWord Doc (editable)

Contact Info - Senate & House Ways & Means Committee members

Justice should not be for sale! An introduction to the judicial campaigns issue: 2-page PDF from Washington Public Campaigns

Justice not for sale! What to know—What to do 1-page PDF handout

Task guide for district citizen lobbying teams 1-page PDF

WPC presentation to Board for Judicial Administration, 1-15-10 - PDF

The New Politics of Judicial Elections (2006)
How 2006 Was the Most Threatening Year Yet to the Fairness and Impartiality of Our Courts - and How Americans are Fighting Back
60-page report by Justice at Stake

WISCONSIN LEGISLATION

ORGANIZING AND TRAINING MATERIALS (PDFs)

2010 Priorities for WPC Local Councils/Chapters

Local Chapters Organizing Guide

Effective Meetings  • How to run a meeting

RESOLUTIONS, PLEDGES, ENDORSEMENTS    BACK TO TOP

Election Season Advocacy Project, 2010 - PDF

WPC Candidates' Pledge form

Generic Resolution in support of Public Campaigns to present at your organization, union, etc. - Editable Word doc

Resolution in Support of the Local Option for Public Campaigns PDF

Resolution to Endorse the Fair Elections Now Act in Congress  PDF

Fair Elections Now Act Citizens' Petition PDF

Candidates' Pledge form from Voters FirstPledge.org PDF

Endorsement form for individuals

Endorsement form for organizations

HEALTH CARE REFORM (PDFs)

Predicting the future: health care debate in Congress

Health care industry campaign contributions & lobbying 2009

Health care industry lobbying information 2008

Health Care CEO pay 2008

Health care reform - necessary features

"What's it gonna take to get REAL health care reform?" half-sheet flier connecting health care reform to public campaign funding. Reverse side: Necessary Features (as above)

"Want health care reform?" full-sheet flier connecting health care reform to public campaign funding. Reverse:Necessary Features (as above).

AWARDS BANQUET 2011 (PDFs) BACK TO TOP

2011 Award Recipients  •  2010 Award Recipients 
2009 Award Recipients

2011 Sponsorship info  •  2011 Half-sheet Advertising Flier

ACTION ALERTS
ARCHIVED DOCS    BACK TO TOP

Directors' Reports
The Road Ahead 2008
(PDF)
January 2008
(PDF)
August 2007
(PDF)
WPC - Fighting for Authentic Democracy
— 2011 Review and changes in focus (PDF)

Email News 2012
February 19, 2012
March 13, 2012
Email News 2011
March 18, 2011
April 30, 2011
May 11, 2011
July 8, 2011

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