{"id":595,"date":"2017-08-24T11:47:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T18:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noahdyer.com\/campaign\/?p=595"},"modified":"2017-12-17T12:28:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T19:28:09","slug":"help-me-get-clean-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noahdyer.com\/campaign\/help-me-get-clean-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Me Get Clean (Elections)"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I changed parties, I also changed fundraising strategies. \u00a0The major parties have access to a fundraising machine that independents do not currently enjoy (though I think we surpass them in future elections cycles).<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Arizona has a program for candidates that are not connected to big donors. \u00a0It’s called Clean Elections.<\/p>\n

Fundamentally, the Clean Elections program asks candidates to show that they have community support by getting some small donations. \u00a0The state will then\u00a0multiply those donations significantly, helping the candidate compete against opponents who may not have community support, but do have access to a lot of money.<\/p>\n

In the case of the Governor’s race, I have to collect 4000 $5 donations, so $20,000. \u00a0The state will then turn those donations into $1,469,482. \u00a0That’s a multiplier of over 70x. \u00a0In a very real sense, it’s like your $5 donation is being turned into a $350 donation. \u00a0Qualifying donations have to be given by Arizona voters.<\/p>\n

>>>Give your $5 donation online right now!<\/a><\/p>\n

There are a couple catches though. \u00a0The first is that you can’t use the $5 donations to campaign until all 4000 of the qualifying donations have been received and verified by the clean elections committee. \u00a0The Clean Elections Commission doesn’t begin verifying donations until January 2018 at the earliest. \u00a0That means that all campaigning for the rest of this year and early next year has to be paid from some other source. \u00a0Thankfully, the program allows for special donations called early contributions that a candidate is allowed to use immediately upon receipt.<\/p>\n

There’s a catch though. \u00a0Early contributions can only come from individuals and couples, not PACs, Unions, Corporations, etc. \u00a0They can be for a maximum of $160 for individuals and $320 for couples. \u00a0I have received a couple generous contributions of a few thousand dollars, so I’m not currently in conformity with this requirement. \u00a0 That’s OK, but I’ve got to fix it before I can get clean elections funding. \u00a0That means I have to collect enough early contributions to pay for my ongoing campaign expenses AND to pay back the generous donors who gave big contributions before I decided to run under the Clean Elections program. \u00a0Our goal is to raise $20,000 by the end of September, and your donation of any size will help. \u00a0Early donations can be given by any legal US Resident. \u00a0Arizona voters can give a $5 qualifying contribution and early contributions, and I’ll be grateful if you do!<\/p>\n

>>>Give an early donation online quickly and easily!<\/a><\/p>\n

Lastly, once I get the 4000 qualifying donations, the commission won’t release the funds unless I also have enough signatures to get on the ballot. \u00a0For my race, that means over 35,000 signatures. \u00a0It’s a big task, but it has been done. \u00a0Richard Mahoney got on the ballot as an independent back in 2002, when all signatures had to be collected by hand. \u00a0But I have a big advantage. \u00a02018 is the first election year when 100% of petition signatures can be collected online. \u00a0This will make gathering signatures much easier and much less expensive.<\/p>\n

Running as an independent, Clean Elections candidate is something I’m very proud of, and I truly appreciate your support. \u00a0We can win this together!<\/p>\n

P.S. \u00a0Please share this post with all of your friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I changed parties, I also changed fundraising strategies. \u00a0The major parties have access to a fundraising machine that independents do not currently enjoy (though I think we surpass them in future elections cycles). Fortunately, Arizona has a program for candidates that are not connected to big donors. \u00a0It’s called Clean Elections. Fundamentally, the Clean […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noahdyer.com\/campaign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noahdyer.com\/campaign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noahdyer.com\/campaign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noahdyer.com\/campaign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noahdyer.com\/campaign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/noahdyer.com\/campaign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1087,"href":"https:\/\/noahdyer.com\/campaign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions\/1087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noahdyer.com\/campaign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noahdyer.com\/campaign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noahdyer.com\/campaign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noahdyer.com\/campaign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}