We need to go further and limit self-funding and contributions from immediate family members for candidates under the traditional financing program to the same level Fair Elections does.

We’d have a different councilmember in Ward 2 if the playing field was truly level. https://twitter.com/charlesallen/status/1314018893233520642

DC needs wholesale democracy, ethics, and campaign finance reform. We should do big things like RCV, lowering the voting age to 16, and letting green card holders & DACA recipients vote.

We also need clearer ethics guidance, changes to campaign finance, & more.

For example, in most jurisdictions, candidates for state legislature have to file a personal financial disclosure.

In DC, only officeholders have to file them. Councilmembers do so in November, so we don’t get to learn about Brooke Pinto’s finances until after the election.

We also need to:

- end special carveouts for CMs, the mayor, & the AG in our campaign finance laws
- have social media guidance that strictly separates office from campaign side
- actually enforce election law violations (such as signature fraud)

To clarify, by signature fraud I mean knowingly committing fraud on ballot petition sheets through forgery or false witness statements. This happens nearly every cycle here and there aren’t consequences like in other places.