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First, I extend my apologies to Credo on this one. I have been hard on them in the past for supporting the public option instead of single-payer, but they are right this time.
The apartheid-like section of the old Fair Elections Act has been removed. The Old Act had required 3rd party and independent candidates to raise 150% of what Democrats and Republicans had to raise That section had caused me to dub the old version the “Un-Fair Elections Act”
The new version gives everyone a level playing field. You can see a copy of the new Act here. If reading legislation makes your eyes cross, then you might want to go to Public Campaign’s summarry here.
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