How do we get our Democracy back?  Some might say that's 

the $64,000 question

See early entries by clicking here http://democracyforall.com/entries/

On August 12 the contest will be launched.  Each week starting September 2 through December 2 one of the 30-90 second videos submitted in the previous week will be chosen as the best of the week and receive $1,000.  In the final selection there will be a grand prize of $25,000 and  5 category prizes each for $5,000.  Click on the link below and sign up to get a formal announcement on August 12 as well as read the sneak peak.  There are well known people behind this and it is going to get a lot of press.  Wow! 

http://democracyforall.com

9th Circuit Panel Upholds Hawaii Ban on Campaign Contributions by Government Contractors

 

An  important unanimous decision by Judge Fisher (joined by Kozinski and Watford) in the 9th Circuit as a challenge to the federal contractor ban remains pending. The 9th Circuit held the ban satisfied exacting scrutiny, even after McCutcheon, and even though it is a ban, rather than a limit on contributions, citing the danger of pay to play.  Read more here.

Disgusting Domination of GOP in Key Senate Races

 

The race for control of the Senate is already underway -- and it is being fueled by outside groups that do not disclose their donors. 

In nine key Senate races, outside groups have already spent at least $12.5 million on advertising and grassroots communications targeting both already announced and potential candidates. The amount spent this year significantly exceeds that spent at this point in the 2014 election cycle. The total spent by outside groups continues a trend that has set in since the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision unleashed a rising tide of outside spending in elections. 

 

Bernie Sanders Will Propose Public Financing of Elections to Replace 'Legalized Bribery'

In a Senate floor speech Tuesday, Aug.4 Sen. Bernie Sanders said he will introduce legislation when the Senate returns in September to provide public funding of elections to replace a "corrupt" system of "legalized bribery' with candidates "begging for contributions from the wealthy and the powerful."

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End Partisan Gerrymandering

In 2000, Arizonans decided that we wanted to end gerrymandering. We wanted districts to be decided by an independent commission, rather than having one party draw lines designed to tilt the playing field in their favor. In our democratic process, the voters are supposed to choose the politicians. The politicians are NOT supposed to be able to choose the voters.

It's time the rest of the country follows Arizona's example. Drawing district lines should be a fair, balanced, non-partisan process. When Republicans in the state legislature challenged the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission in court, the Supreme Court upheld it. The Florida courts recently upheld a similar voter initiative for fair districts.

The momentum is moving in the right direction. Now it's up to us to give it the push it needs.   Support fair districts and an end to partisan gerrymandering. Sign the petition today.

Fix Voting Rights Act Now

Nearly 50 years ago, with Martin Luther King Jr. standing beside him, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law to protect African-Americans and other minorities from racist policies that made it harder for them to register to vote and participate in the political process.

But last summer, the right-wing ideologues on the United States Supreme Court handed down a shameful decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act, ending 40 years of protection for minorities against discriminatory and unfair attempts to limit voting based on -  Click here to find the petition and read the rest of the article.

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