If we are serious about campaign finance reform let's make those recommendations law. This last November's election proved to be historic. If we learned anything, it's that participation is important and that every vote counts. So let's take steps to open up the political process. We can talk all we want about campaign finance reform, but real reform opens up the process to more people.
Real reform encourages concerned citizens to run for public office.
Seventy-one seats in this Legislature were uncontested in the last election. In seventy-one districts good candidates decided not to run because they thought the odds were too heavily stacked against them. Let's open up the system. We can start by reforming the convention system so the average citizen won't be intimidated by the process. Let's adopt the direct primary system.