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YES on 208 - Vote Big Money Out of Politics

California Politics is awash in money.  In Sacramento, there are *no* limits 
on campaign contributions or spending.  Anyone can give any amount of money to 
any candidate at any time.  They can and they do.  In short, California 
politics is owned by big money interests.  Lobbyists, corporations, and big 
unions set the agenda and determine what laws get passed.  You don't.

You can help change things in 1996 by voting Yes on Prop 208, the California 
Political Reform Initiative.  Prop 208 sponsored by the League of Women Voters 
and Common Cause and has been endorsed by everyone from the Harvey Milk 
Democratic Club to the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.  Here's why Prop 
208 has gained such broad support:


208 is Effective

If passed, Prop 208 will give California the toughest campaign finance laws in 
the nation.  208 will cut contributions made by California's top ten PACs by 
97%.  Every provision of Prop 208 has been tested and proven to be effective.  
We wrote 208 by taking the most effective laws that exist in other states and 
combining them into a single initiative.

208 is Constitutional

Californians are sick and tired of passing initiatives only to see them stuck 
in the courts for years.  With this in mind, we wrote 208 to strictly conform 
to current court opinions on campaign finance law.  Every major provision of 
208 has either been upheld by the courts or has been in place in another state 
for at least ten years without challenge.

208 is Reasonable

Political campaigns are expensive.  As Will Rogers said, it takes a lot of 
money just to lose.  208 gets the big money out of politics without cutting 
off the ability of voters to learn about the candidates and their positions.  
We carefully researched what it take for candidates to communicate with voters 
and set our limits accordingly.  

208 is Fair

208 was carefully designed not to give unfair advantage to any political 
party, organization, interest, or individual.  We don't play favorites.  We 
treat everyone equally and fairly, a point even our detractors concede.

208 is Well Written

Unlike some other initiatives we could mention, Prop 208 was written with 
careful attention to detail.  It was reviewed hundreds of times, by the 
experts in campaign finance law.  As a result, 208 does exactly what we 
intended.  It contains no drafting errors, no hidden surprises, no little 
accidents that we are now trying to cover up.  Our opponents have spent more 
than a year looking for mistakes on our part.  They haven't found any.


As the San Francisco Chronicle said, "The choice is clear.  Prop 208 is the 
way to bring long-overdue campaign reform to California with fairness and 
certainty."

Vote YES on 208, the REAL campaign reform initiative for California.

For more information about Prop 208 and how it would clean up California 
politics, please visit our web site:

http://www.vida.com/cfr

Michael Gunn                                              mgunn@itsa.ucsf.edu
Californians for Political Reform                     http://www.vida.com/cfr