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Action Spotlight Put Voters First at the 2008 Conventions   Corporations and lobbyists are buying undo influence at the 2008 national party conventions, donating millions to convention host committees and gaining privileged access to our elected officials in return. It’s time to put voters first!   Check out our Action Archive You have helped us achieve significant progress in our fight to represent you in the halls of power. Browse our history of action items, organized by year!

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Put Voters First at the 2008 Conventions
Corporations and lobbyists are buying undo influence at the 2008 national party conventions, donating millions to convention host committees and gaining privileged access to our elected officials in return. It’s time to put voters first!

Voters First Pledge 2008
In cities and states across the country, campaign finance laws that replace private financing with public grants have worked to improved elections for candidates and voters alike. It’s time to bring the benefits of Fair Elections to congressional races.

How to Escape the Arbitration Trap
We all sign confusing contracts written in tiny print whenever we get a new credit card, cable service, insurance or even when we take a new job. Unfortunately, companies have started to slip Binding Mandatory Arbitration (BMA) clauses into the legalese. It may sound benign, but it’s not.

No More Taxation Without Representation
More than half a million people live in Washington, D.C. without voting representation in Congress. D.C.citizens pay U.S. taxes, fight and die for the U.S. during wartime and yet, shockingly, they have no vote in the Congress that governs them. Please join concerned citizens from around the country in flooding the Capitol with calls and emails to push through this critical and historic civil rights legislation!

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