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Bernie Sanders: “We need to move toward public funding of elections.”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

Bernie Sanders Speaks at the DNC Summer Meeting

Published August 29, 2015 | Video Starts at 14:46

But we have got to go even further than overturning Citizens United. If we want a vibrant democracy where all Americans who want to run for office are able to do so, We need to move toward public funding of elections. And by the way, together, we are going to end this cowardly voter suppression that Republican governors are imposing on people who aren't working on. (14:46–14:52)

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Asserts the need for public funding of elections to enhance democracy.

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