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Public Campaign Financing - Is The System Worth Saving in Florida? listen

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Tags: public campaign financing, Florida elections, Amendment One, Center for Governmental Studies, Jessica Levinson, Common Cause, Ben Wilcox, 527, Let's Get to Work, Hold Them Accountable

The first initiative on the November ballot will ask voters if they want to repeal the public funding of candidates who run for Governor, Chief Financial Officer, Attorney General or Commissioner of Agriculture. Public campaign financing has been around since 1986 in Florida. It was designed to keep election spending in check and level the playing field for qualified candidates. Ben Wilcox says it did a pretty go...