1. United States
2. S.C.
3. Letter

Dear McMasters can u get this statewide to everyone and Trump to all counties and state and government ; Newberry County Council and fellow Newberry County residents, I'm calling for a full ban on private money in local elections. The Constitution says you need age, citizenship, and residency to run. It does not say you need to be rich. Right now, whoever raises the most money buys the most airtime and buys their way in. That shuts out regular people. Fix it like this: We have a taxpayer fund already — the same idea as the federal dollar checkoff. Take that one pot of kiddie pool we all pay into, and use it for county and town races. A nonpartisan committee takes that fund and divides it EVENLY among all qualified candidates. The committee, not the candidates, handles and books the airtime, the travel, the events, the signs. Everyone gets the same resources. No outside money. No private sponsors. No self-funding. No corporate interests. That makes it an equal playing field and makes public service about public service again. And put the same ethics rules on council members as Supreme Court justices so there is no conflict while serving the public.