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MtV Of N� <br />COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />�t1 Of •N'.1� <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br />STATE OF HAWAII <br />280 12 <br />( DRAFT 3 ) <br />RESOLUTION URGING THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE TO <br />ADEQUATELY FUND BOTH THE HAWAII CAMPAIGN SPENDING <br />COMMISSION AND A STATEWIDE COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC <br />FUNDING SYSTEM FOR ELECTIONS. <br />and <br />WHEREAS, a democratic government derives its power from the consent of its citizens; <br />WHEREAS, corporate and other special interest donations account for the vast majority <br />of campaign donations, both locally and nationally; and <br />WHEREAS, comprehensive public funding options give candidates a possible <br />alternative to private campaign funding; and <br />WHEREAS, it is in the public's interest that our elected officials concentrate on solving <br />our state's problems and not be distracted by the need to raise huge sums of money for their <br />campaigns, nor have to worry about antagonizing those who have donated generously to their <br />campaigns; and <br />WHEREAS, the current campaign finance system fails to discourage candidates from <br />accepting large campaign contributions from private interests that may be directly affected by <br />governmental actions and from enacting laws favoring those contributors' interest to the <br />detriment of the interest of citizens who are not large contributors; and <br />