The FEC ruled unanimously in March 2007 that presidential candidates could accept general election public financing, provided that they return any money raised for the general election while following certain guidelines.
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It was only passed because of tremendous public pressure during election season.
Should President Obama have made this public before the election?
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Though Yasuo Tanaka, the controversial governor of Nagano prefecture, broke from tradition by opening up press events to all journalists and the public after his election in 2001, few others have followed suit.
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His huge public rallies during the election campaign were full of sometimes foul-mouthed rants against the system.
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Television bosses have continually appealed for such debates, arguing that they would boost public interest in the election process.
Although Sharpton failed in his three previous attempts to win election to public office, some analysts said he shouldn't be ignored.
Mr. AL-RUBAIE: I think it's very well said, but it's very difficult to do a proper assessment while we are going to the election from public relation exercise, the media.
The committee is calling on the government to set out its thinking on the issue before the next election and for all parties to consider the implications for public spending, in their next election manifestos.
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Vice President Nicolas Maduro, the interim president, has made no mention in public of running for election, but he is widely expected to be the United Socialist Party of Venezuela's candidate for the job.
It would be an excellent way to demonstrate to the American public that after an election where these issues were central to the debate, that Washington can move forward and that we can compromise.
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Obama announced in June he would not take public funds for his presidential run, making him the first general election candidate to do so since public financing was instituted in the 1970s.
The public spoke in the last election and said clearly we want the troops redeployed.
Maduro made no mention of running for election in his public comments on Tuesday.
But in election years, public spending in Latin American countries has a habit of outstripping all forecasts.
But the biggest decision it's unable to make right now involves McCain's public funds for the general election campaign.
Barack Obama of breaking a promise to use public funds in the general election race if he wins the nomination.
Another idea: Holding the convention in late August made sense when candidates relied on public financing for the general election.
As the public made clear at the election, the euro is a unique issue that will ultimately be settled at a referendum.
On the issue of campaign financing, Obama announced on Thursday that he would not take public financing for the general election.
The old Obama pledged to take public financing in the general election.
Make councillors more effective, reviewing income and conditions to attract higher quality candidates and allowing teachers and other public servants to stand for election.
However, since indicating he will accept public financing for the general election, he has returned nearly all of the money he has raised for it.
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Or maybe the chief justice just handed us an occasion to dramatize this debate in the biggest possible public forum: the general election for the presidency.
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Cuomo said lawmakers have strong, philosophical opposition to some measures, including a Democratic proposal to use public funds to pay for election campaigns in a voluntary matching fund system.
Since the last election, the public has put up with revelations involving tainted beef, bad milk, health-and-safety risks at theme parks, cushy contracts for road-related companies, and the revelation that cracks in many nuclear reactors had gone unreported and unrepaired for more than a decade.
After all, the ouster of the womanizing and boozing Estrada -- who built palatial mansions for his mistresses and received briefcases stashed with cash from illegal gambling operators -- paved the way for the rise to the presidency of Arroyo, who now stands charged with rigging her election and squandering public funds so she can stay in office.
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