Would a Clean Money system undermine the strength of, and need for, political parties in the electoral process?
Californians will still be allowed to make a financial contribution to a political party under the Clean Money system. Further, it is our belief that under a Clean Money system, political parties can and should remain active in the nomination and endorsement of candidates; identifying, researching, and developing the Party’s positions on issues; and carrying out non-candidates specific voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives and other “party building activities.” Clean Money reform allows political parties to play a vital role within the political process as long as they do not serve as a conduit through which special-interest campaign contributors can gain access to elected officials, which our current system under Proposition 34 allows them to do.
