Critics predict that the Maine law will have the unintended effect of favoring incumbents, who usually benefit from free media exposure through mailings and press conferences, in and out of election season. Challengers, on the other hand, have less visibility and will now be restricted in how much they can spend on advertising, Sutton said. The Maine Civil Liberties Union also opposes part of the law that provides a government certification of publicly financed candidates as Maine Clean Election Act candidates. This amounts to a government endorsement, according to Sutton. Robert Feuer, a Massachusetts attorney who has volunteered for the Oct. 25 signature sweep, expressed the discontent of some activists who are demanding campaign-finance reform.
Corporations have no laws that control their morality or ethics.
You can't have the machines, I'm referring to the corporations, running the people.