Every year Connecticut’s Citizen Election Program is under assault. This year is no different.
Here is the bottom line: The Citizen’s Election Program is a drop in the bucket. A small percentage of what we pay for the General Assembly and its staff; A smaller percentage of the state budget; $10 million a year compared to billions in the budget. Just one bad decision against the people can cost us several times that $10 million.
Read more from the In These Times article: Ten Years Ago, Connecticut Got Big Money Out of Its Elections. Now Democrats Are Gutting the Program <read>
Connecticut’s introduction of the Citizens’ Election Program (CEP) in 2005, seriously curbed the influence of corporations and the rich on state elections. Yet, this beacon of democracy could soon dim, as the state legislature is on the verge of gutting the law that gave the state its democratic promise.
