By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via Arizona Daily Star
An initiative being launched today seeks to limit candidates’ access to private cash and encourage them to instead run for office with public financing.
The proposal being advanced by the Arizona Advocacy Network, if it qualifies for the ballot and is approved by voters, would sharply cut the amount of money any individual or political action committee could give to anyone running for office. But it also would provide more public dollars for those who agree not to take private funds.
It also would: