2. State Treasurers for the election of: (a) U.S. Senators and Congressmen; (b) Governors and all elective State Offices.

Money Orders are then deposited to the credit of each eligible party:

1. For National Committees-deposits are made by the Secretary of the Treasury.

2. For State Committees-deposits are made by the State Treasurer.

DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTION CAMPAIGN TAX TO POLITICAL PARTIES

The Presidential Election Fund is under the direction of the Comptroller General.

The G.A.O. would:

Prepare a Budget from the records of preceding election expenditures of each participating Party.

Arrange for in-state expense to be shared on a designated per diem rate with the Presidential nominee's Party for that state.

Forward a Statement of Operation for preceding election to National Party Headquarters.

Forward a record of the Presidential Fund Deposit credited, to the National Party concerned.

Set up a Computer Record of total Registration and Tax payment. Publish an audit of campaign expenditures after the November elections. Assemble the record of available funds from reports and Money Orders mailed in to the U.S. Treasurer's office.

Make no directive as to the use of the Fund.

Set up a system for processing accounts payable.

Direct the actual processing of payments to be made at a Federal Finance
Center.

The State Election Fund is under the direction of each State Treasurer and the Secretary of State for each state. The process could approximate the above method, but details would be left to each state's decision.

A tight system for authorizing expenditures should be planned.

A time limit for submitting bills should be set.

Standards to qualify minor parties for Fund participation could be established. Federal and State Finance Centers should prepare Post-Election Expenditure Reports for publication.

LETTERS OF AUTHORIZATION

A record of the deposit is sent to each party at its National and State Headquarters, and comprises the available Fund for the next election campaign. No candidate, or Committee, is in possession of cash at any time.

FIGURING AND ALLOCATING PRESIDENTIAL AND OTHER ELECTION FUNDS

The G.A.O. and State Treasurer's offices would estimate total available income for a two, four, and six year period; and include an estimate of maturing and deceased voters.

The cost records of Presidential and off-year elections for state offices (including U.S. Senators and Congressmen) would be used by G.A.O. and the states respectively, to arrive at the amount needed for the next elective office campaign and the year to which it is assigned.

Each office, or regional headquarters for each Party, would be advised of actual amounts to be made available for each elective office campaign.

A formula would be established for the distribution of fines collected for delinquent taxes.

Candidates would be free to program their own campaigns within the limits of their assigned budgets.

The Voter Registration, Election Fund and Costs would be set up on a computer system with the cost of this to be assumed by the Federal government and each state.

A means of providing for rising costs due to population growth and reapportionment should be considered, but within the limits of a "ceiling".

A method of contracting for Campaign Expenses that precludes "sub-rosa" financing should be established.

It would be a criminal offense to offer, accept, solicit, or use private financing for election campaigns.

UNDERSTANDING THE CAMPAIGN ELECTION TAX EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

Set up a clear and persuasiv program to establish the urgent need for general public financing, using all meuía of communication: TV, Radio, Moving Pictures, Theaters for "Shorts," Posters (but no billboards), Cartoons, Music, Newspapers, and Periodicals.

Contact: Service Clubs, Church Groups, Auxiliaries, Industrial Plants, Military, Universities, Public Schools, Social Welfare Offices, State and Federal Legislators (ahead of the public program), Headquarters of established churches, and Labor Unions.

POINTS TO BE MADE

The need to free candidates from holding their hand out for substantial contributions and to release them from ensuing obligations.

This is not a poll tax. It is an opportunity to secure the benefits accruing to free people under a free government, and voting is not contingent upon payment of the tax.

Show the public how their dollar investment brings closer attention to their needs, and through example (case histories, etc.) illustrate the natural problems resulting from current practices of fund solicitation.

This system shifts the burden of obligation to heavy contributors away from the candidate and should leave him free to consider legislation on the basis of more general merit.

The availability of financing opens the field to candidates otherwise reluctant to assume heavy campaign obligations-both financial and moral.

With "vested interests" eliminated, more people might be persuaded to enter public service; however, with funds available qualifications for "primary" candidates would need deeper consideration.

Enlist the aid of private foundation funds to finance a voter education program. Start early to encourage children to understand the benefits of broad base financing, and to think in terms of active support for their government.

Since the original dollar covers major expenses, a future annual or biennial adjustment could be made in the tax to include nominating conventions and primaries.

SOME BENEFITS AND COMMENTS

With general public financing, citizens have a "vested interest" in their State and Federal officials.

The "dollar" investment can promote an active involvement in government. Government will be finally "by the people" when elections are paid for "by the people".

We cannot sit in judgment and condemn public officials if we are unwilling to make so small and painless a contribution to strengthen a free country.

No one in the U.S. is too poor to invest in his government. Even welfare recipients can manage $1. per year.

This system can encourage a sense of pride by conscious participation in the effort to improve good government.

This system should be emphasized as OPPORTUNITY, an opportunity that can bless the life of every citizen, that truly makes the "one man, one vote" a reality.

The campaign period should be shortened with a resulting reduction in expenses, as well as campaign boredom and fatigue.

Voter Registration set up on a Computer System would furnish a fast and valuable check on Fund expenditures, progress on election day, and delinquent tax payers.

Establish the need for more uniformity in Registration practices, and show the advantages.

Make a procedure fulm to show the actual registration process.

Recommend that voters who have moved within the past twelve months be permitted to vote absentee at their preceding legal residence.

Enlist the interest of a few leading cartoonists to help with the education program.

RECOMMENDED

To increase salaries for U.S. Senators to $50,000; with 50 percent tax free. To increase salaries for U.S. Congressmen to $35,000; with 50 percent tax free. Include twelve round trips home free per year for all members of Congress. TV networks should not be expected to donate prime time for campaigns but neither should these be the signal to escalate rates beyond reason. Let networks agree on a reasonable scale that will not punish either their profit picture or the fledgling flights of publicly financed elections.

State vote and fund

Presidential vote and fund

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