Thus, CMCR enables qualified individuals to run for office on a financially level playing field regardless of their personal economic status or access to large contributors. Ends the money chase and provides stronger enforcement mechanisms - Clean Money Campaign Reform frees candidates and elected officials from the burden of continuous fundraising and thus allows them to spend their time on their real duties. It may, in effect, shorten the length of campaigns and lessen the bombardment of broadcast ads and mass mailings, by limiting the period during which candidates receive their funding. Moreover, it strengthens the enforcement and investigative authority of election commissions. In contrast, Clean Money Campaign Reform fits comfortably within constitutional bounds principally because it is an alternate and voluntary system.
Candidates choose to participate and thus choose to agree by such provisions as the spending limits.
The CMCR approach is designed to provide a clear alternative to the current system of raising and spending largely special-interest money to finance election campaigns. It allows qualified candidates to run for public office without compromising their independence, since they won't have to ask for money from those with a vested interest in public policy. The system is completely voluntary and candidates who do not wish to participate are able to raise and spend private money for their campaigns, as they do today. Qualification - Candidates first must meet ballot access requirements, and then must meet the eligibility threshold for Clean Money funding. Primary funding - Candidates who meet CMCR requirements and agree not to raise or spend private money during the primary and general election campaign periods receive a set amount of money from the Clean Money fund.