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All are welcome to attend the program,
beginning around noon,
either in person at The Waterfront
or via Zoom. 
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Program Information:
“Pay-to-play” politics undermines peace and civic engagement in the US. We will discuss current opportunities to get involved in addressing the flood of money in politics and local, state, and national elections. American Promise is a national initiative to amend the US constitution to combat corruption, end elite and foreign money control of our elections, and secure the free speech and representation of all Americans. Judy Nagel and Howard Hauser will discuss efforts in Wisconsin to reduce the influence of big money in politics through the For Our Freedom Amendment. Voters have a right to know who is making large campaign contributions to influence elections.

LWV US advocates for the DISCLOSE Act in Congress. The DISCLOSE Act (S. 443) requires organizations and politicians to disclose donations over $10,000 during an election cycle. The proposed Wisconsin Senate Joint Resolutionn urges support for a constitutional amendment to provide states with authority to regulate campaign financing.

Speakers:
Howard Hauser is a co-founder and partner at Market Masters LLC. They guide, coach, and train owners, presidents, and CEOs of $10+ million B2B companies to take their companies to the next level and beyond. They teach their proprietary system developed over 40 years of fixing, running, and growing companies into market leaders.
Howard has been a Rotarian for over 17 years, and is a past president of two clubs including his current club, the Rotary Club of Green Bay.

Judy Nagel retired from her position as a Financial Advisor at Wells Fargo. She serves on the Wisconsin statewide committee for American Promise, focusing on campaign finance reform. She is active with the Green Bay Rotary Club, Vision Greater Green Bay, Leader Ethics, and numerous other statewide and local organizations.

 

LWV Position:
Campaign Finance/Money in Politics

Elections should be about the voters, not big money interests. It’s time to limit SuperPACs and secret donors to protect representative democracy.
Reducing the influence of big money in our politics makes our elections fairer. Voters have the right to know who is raising money for which political candidates, how much money they are raising, and how that money is being spent. Our elections should be free from corruption and undue influence and should work so that everyday Americans can run for office, even if they aren't well connected to wealthy special interests.

We fight to reform money in politics in Congress, with state legislatures, with the executive branch, and, where appropriate, the courts. We are deeply committed to reforming our nation's campaign finance system to ensure the public's right to know, combat corruption and undue influence, and enable candidates to compete more equitably in public office, and allow maximum citizen participation in the political process. 

~from "Making Democracy Work" @ https://www.lwv.org/making-democracy-work