Ex-Speaker Jim Black…
bathroom deals…$29,000
bribing a legislator…$50,000 plus
abusing public trust…priceless

It started with video poker* . . . and ended with revelations about secret cash payoffs in bathrooms

It's more than a sick joke. The scandals swirling around ex-Speaker Jim Black have exposed the stench of dirty money, dirty deals, and dirty pay-to-play politics.

Now is the time for thousands of North Carolinians to stand up and demand that the mess in Raleigh get cleaned up.

Our campaign finance system is rotten at its core – but it will only change if we, the people, take action!

SIGN OUR PETITION TO CLEAN UP RALEIGH

Publicly financed “clean elections” are the best way to challenge the power of dirty special interest money! We must put voters – not big-money donors – in charge of our democracy.

Democracy North Carolina and many others back a program of “Clean, Voter-Owned Elections” for our state.

Special-interest money is pouring into NC elections and the costs of campaigns are out of control. Good candidates get squeezed out and big donors get special favors that cost the rest of us billions every year. There's a better way.

Take action and spread the word…

Please forward this to 5 or 10 others, too. Let's send a message – Let's
CLEAN UP RALEIGH!!

* In June 2004, Democracy North Carolina filed the original complaint with the State Board of Elections, asking for an investigation into questionable contributions from the video poker industry to then House Speaker Jim Black.

Learn more about Clean, Voter-Owned public financing and Democracy North Carolina.