Democracy Matters! Rally for Fair Elections

Friends & Activists,

Democracy Matters invites you to our first annual
West Coast Summit for
Fair & Clean Elections
Rally 2:00 pm, Saturday 9/18
UC Berkeley’s Boalt Law School (on Bancroft)
Support Measure H!

Make history with Democracy Matters’ students from across the West Coast to clean up the crooked political process nationwide. Come support Berkeley’s Yes! on Measure H campaign to make Berkeley the first city in the country to pass full public financing of elections!

Join Democracy Matters’ Founder, NBA Player Adonal Foyle, come see live political theater and music, and be a part of this historic movement to change elections and TAKE BACK DEMOCRACY!

Democracy Matters is a national, non-partisan, non-profit organization of students and professors committed to strengthening American democracy.
Democracy Matters is particularly committed to meaningful campaign finance reform to ensure all citizens, regardless of wealth, have an equal voice in the political process. http://www.democracymatters.org <http://www.democracymatters.org>

Measure H will Increase the Diversity of Candidates. Berkeley’s current mayor spent $236,000 to win the election, while the average winning city council campaign costs $35,000. Without public financing, only wealthy candidates, or those with connections to big donors can run.

Measure H will Level the Playing Field. All candidates will run with the same amount of money, ensuring that elections are based on candidates’ ideas, experience and community support, not their abilities as fundraisers.

Measure H Will Make Elected Officials Responsive. When campaigns are paid for by the voters—instead of special interests—officeholders are responsive to the voters, not beholden to special interests.

Measure H is Proven, Tested and Sound. Similar reforms in Maine and Arizona have lead to a three-fold increase in minority candidates, a 25% increase in women candidates, and more contested elections. Maine even became the first state in the country to adopt Universal Healthcare as a consequence.

Help Make History in Berkeley! By passing Measure H in Berkeley, we help state and national reform efforts!  
Please support Measure H – Because Democracy Matters!


For more information call Amira Diamond @ 415.722.2024 or email amirad@democracymatters.org

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