Husted said he ordered detailed reviews of credible allegations of voter fraud & voter suppression after the last 3 federal elections. The investigations were conducted by Ohio's 88 bipartisan county boards of elections. None found significant instances of voter fraud or abuse
Portman: Yes
Strickland: No. Supports constitutional amendment to overturn.
Q: On Campaign Finance: Do you support the DISCLOSE Act, which requires key funders of political ads to put their names on those ads?
Portman: No. Voted against it.
Strickland: Yes
Ted Strickland: The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision opened the doors to unlimited dark money and for millionaires and billionaires to try and buy elections for themselves. It undermines our democracy and rightly makes people even more frustrated with politics. It has created a rigged system where the Washington establishment and the wealthy special interests spend millions to elect those like Senator Portman who are pushing their agenda at our expense. In the U.S. Senate, I will work to overturn Citizens United so that to our country cannot be bought and sold, and I'll support additional campaign finance reforms to increase transparency and accountability in campaign donations and spending. I will also support Supreme Court judges that will put our democracy before the interests of corporate billionaires.
Two years ago, the Supreme Court invalidated a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. And in states all across America--including Ohio--cut-backs in early voting and calls for photo IDs--which an estimated 25% of African-Americans don't have--are the transparent tools of voter suppression.
Republicans say they're only trying to stop voter fraud. But even in the hotly contested 2004 Presidential election, Ohio's rate of voter fraud was 4/1000 of 1%--or roughly the same odds as being struck and killed by lightening. So the real fraud isn't coming from voters. The real fraud is coming from politicians--and we can't let them get away with it.
A: One thing that is new in the sense that it is not implemented right now: I do believe we need a Constitutional amendment to overturn the post-Citizens United corrosive role of money in politics.
Q: That's not a new issue, though. Since the Supreme Court ruling, that's been an issue.
A: I'm trying to put forth things that aren't currently in play. If we get more leaders like me, we can make it happen.
But Mandel seemed to indicate he opposed all bailouts. "I'm not a bailout senator," he said. "There's no government bailout that I can think of that I would ever support."
This raises a question: Why did Mandel recently declare in a public document that he got gifts from 31 people in 2011? That number of gift-givers, and their names, showed up in the state financial disclosure statement that Mandel filed this week. This disclosure led incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown's campaign to declare that Mandel lied when he told reporters that he doesn't take gifts.
Mandel's campaign spokesman says the gifts were primarily meals at "family gatherings, weddings, meetings and charity events."
If there were gifts of significantly high value or items that went beyond food or drink, the disclosure forms do not say, as the Ohio Ethics Commission only requires state officeholders to disclose the source of gifts valued at more than $75 but does not require specificity as to the gifts themselves.
The US Senate require only gifts worth more than $335 to be reported. Brown's most recent form said he had none. Mandel "goes above and beyond what is required on his disclosure forms," the spokesperson said. "More elected officials should do that."
End The Influence Of Special Interests--Build common-sense solutions to our problems and kick out those who, for too long, have kept us from fixing all that is wrong in our state
A: Yes.
Q: Should Congress regulate indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
A: No.
Q: Do you support removing all contribution limits on federal campaigns?
A: Yes.
Q: Should candidates for federal office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
A: No.
A: Yes. First amendment rights appear to protect all campaign contributions without limits, but limits must be in place to keep us from creating class warfare and to keep foreign influences out of our election system.
Q:Should Congress regulate indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support removing all contribution/spending limits on federal campaigns?
A: No.
A: No.
Q: Do you support limiting the President's ability to define how legislation is applied through the use of signing statements?
A: Yes. Presidential signing statements should not change the intent of the very laws passed by congress and should only be used to clarify (after consultation with congress) or to protest the possible Constitutionality of the new legislation.
A: Yes.
Q: PAC contributions?
A: Yes.
Q: Corporate?
A: Yes.
Q: Political Parties?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns?
A: No.
A: Yes.
Q: PAC contributions?
A: Yes.
Q: Corporate contributions?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns?
A: Yes.
A: Yes.
Q: PAC?
A: Yes.
Q: Corporate?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
A: Yes.
Q: Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns?
A: No.
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