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GOP Reluctantly Designates “Clean Campaign” District (13th)
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| Media | Website - PoliticsNJ.com |
| News Date | Wednesday, June 29, 2005 12:05:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "TRENTON, NJ -- Republican State Committee Chairman Tom Wilson sent the following letter to Bill Schluter, Chairman of the New Jersey Citizens’ Clean Elections Commission:
“Thank you for your letter of June 24, 2005. Given your long and distinguished history on the subject of campaign reform, I respect and appreciate your thoughts. I am pleased to know that you recognize the serious and significant shortcomings of the law enabling the “Clean Elections” pilot program.
While the concept behind this law has merit, I am afraid that after a careful and thorough review I am left with no choice but to conclude that the law codifying this concept is fatally flawed and destined to fail on several fronts. While I appreciate your counsel that this is “a pilot project,” the stakes, not only in terms of the outcome for the candidates and voters, but also for the cause of campaign reform itself, are just too high to permit the pilot project to be carried out under anything less than optimal conditions. Given our conversation and your letter, you clearly recognize that the current law is no where close to optimal. No Republicans were invited to participate in the crafting of this bill and Republican-sponsored amendments (A-3649, Corodemus / Kean) designed to address many of the shortcomings that have been identified (many by you and the Commission) are being ignored even today. As you well know, campaign reform must be a bi-partisan endeavor. The Democrat Majority is not interested in real reform, only window dressing that meets their narrow political agenda. That is truly unfortunate.
The law and proposed regulations are flawed on two major accounts."
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