ISBN: 9780300092622

In this provocative book, two leading law professors challenge the existing campaign reform agenda and present a new initiative that avoids the mistakes of the past.Bruce Ackerman and lan… More...

In this provocative book, two leading law professors challenge the existing campaign reform agenda and present a new initiative that avoids the mistakes of the past.Bruce Ackerman and lan Ayres build on the example of the secret ballot and propose a system of "secret donation booths" for campaign contributions. They unveil a plan in which the government provides each voter with a special credit card account containing fifty "Patriot dollars" for presidential elections. To use this money, citizens go to their local ATM machine and anonymously send their Patriot dollars to their favorite candidates or political organizations. Americans are free to make additional contributions, but they must also give these gifts anonymously. Because candidates cannot identify who provided the funds, it will be much harder for big contributors to buy political influence. And the need for politicians to compete for the Patriot dollars will give much more power to the people.Ackerman and Ayres work out the operating details of their plan, anticipate problems, design safeguards, suggest overseers, and show how their proposals satisfy the most stringent constitutional requirements. They conclude with a model statute that could serve as the basis of a serious congressional effort to restore Americans' faith in democratic politics. Media > Book, [PU: Yale University Press]<

2002, ISBN: 9780300092622

2002. ISBN-10: 0300092628; ISBN-13: 9780300092622. Ackerman, Bruce and Ian Ayres. Voting With Dollars: A New Paradigm for Campaign Finance. New Haven: Yale University Press, [2002]. x, 3… More...

2002. ISBN-10: 0300092628; ISBN-13: 9780300092622. Ackerman, Bruce and Ian Ayres. Voting With Dollars: A New Paradigm for Campaign Finance. New Haven: Yale University Press, [2002]. x, 303 pp. ISBN-10: 0300092628; ISBN-13: 978-0300092622. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket. New. $10. * First edition. A provocative study that builds on the tradition of the secret ballot. Ackerman and Ayres propose a system of "secret donation booths" in which the government would provide each citizen with a special credit-card account containing fifty "patriot dollars." To use this money, citizens would go to their local ATMs and send it anonymously to their favorite candidate or cause. This would result in the democratization of the political clout that comes from campaign contributions., 2002, 0<