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DESCRIPTION: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     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  HOME FOR PEOPLE MAKING DEMOCRACY REAL.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/09/14/46793.php
SUMMARY:Democracy Matters! Rally for Fair Elections
LOCATION:U.C. Berkeley campus Boalt Law School  @ Bancroft
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/09/14/46793.php
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