Jimmy Carter calls for a return to publicly funded elections

Arguably the single most important issue in bringing our Democracy into a healthy state is campaign finance reform. Bill Clinton hosted the final day of his Foundation’s Clinton Global Initiative event in Atlanta, Georgia. He was joined by former President Carter and they touched upon everything from why former President Carter chose the path he did after his presidency to issues like Citizens United.

“I think the two dramatic changes that have taken place since you and I both ran for president was the stupid decision by the Supreme Court on Citizens United and theother one is increasing gerrymandering of congressional districts. I think an enlightened Supreme Court could reverse both of those things. One of the things that would be very easy, maybe even for a conservative Supreme Court to do, would be for each state to have a blue ribbon commission to outline congressional districts. I think that would go a long way in reducing the polarization.”

A little later on, Carter added this.

Another thing I think we could do, personally, I’d like to see public funds used for all general elections.

You can watch the interview just below.