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The writer of this paper focuses on America's lack of faith and trust in the reforms directed at campaign financing and funding. The writer of this paper stresses that America's growing distrust in the electoral process is due to the amount of funding needed to launch and run an effective campaign. The writer explores the rising costs involved in running an election campaign while stressing the relative ease for any candidate to simply purchase a political post, albeit at the right price. This paper contends that the only way to once again regain the public's trust and support is to adopt and implement strict electoral and finance reforms and regulations. This paper delves into the growing abundance of reform initiatives aimed at making political elections more ethical and less dependent on personal wealth and/or large external donations.

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"The clean elections style of campaign finance reform has a great deal of favorable potential for success, mainly because of its delicate balance between the opposing schools of thought on campaign finance. In other words, the clean elections system is very capable of respecting the rights of those who wish to exercise their free speech (in order that all citizens have opportunities to be "active and equal partners" in the political arena through high levels of spending on campaigns), as well as attempting to level the playing field, which many view as a highly important strength of clean elections. Considering our representative democratic government in the light of a collective partnership with an emphasis on equal, individual rights demonstrates the strong advantages of a clean elections system."

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