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| rdfs:comment | - 5/26/2006 18th House District PA CleanSweep Democratic candidate Harris Martin announced today that he fully supports the Reform Coalition and its Roadmap to Reform platform. The Reform Coalition includes Common Cause, the Commonwealth Foundation, Democracy Rising PA, PA Citizens for Legislative Accountability, League of Women Voters of PA, RocktheCapital.org, Stop the Pay Raise, Inc., and the Young Conservatives of Pennsylvania. Martin salutes these organizations for doing the right thing. As a Democratic candidate, Martin believes that these reforms deserve the support of Democrats, progressives, and reformers of all stripes.
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| abstract | - 5/26/2006 18th House District PA CleanSweep Democratic candidate Harris Martin announced today that he fully supports the Reform Coalition and its Roadmap to Reform platform. The Reform Coalition includes Common Cause, the Commonwealth Foundation, Democracy Rising PA, PA Citizens for Legislative Accountability, League of Women Voters of PA, RocktheCapital.org, Stop the Pay Raise, Inc., and the Young Conservatives of Pennsylvania. Martin salutes these organizations for doing the right thing. As a Democratic candidate, Martin believes that these reforms deserve the support of Democrats, progressives, and reformers of all stripes. Martin signed the CleanSweep pledge months ago expressing his opposition to the 2005 legislative pay raise and pledging to support voter referenda for future legislative pay raises and a 10 day public comment period for all legislation prior to being voted on. Martin supports the proposals of the Reform Coalition for:
* Lobbyist Control
* Ban lawmakers from taking gifts and entertainment from lobbyists and require lobbyists' disclosure
* "Over by October"
* End lame duck legislative sessions
* Open Records
* Pass an open records law for the legislature and require an online monthly accounting of each lawmaker's expenditures and salary/benefit information
* Access to Legislator Voting Records
* Publicly post all legislative votes within 24 hours
* Citizen Opportunity Period (COP)
* Similar to the PA CleanSweep proposal to allow time for public comment on pending legislation
* Elimination of Perks
* Make lawmakers health care insurance benefits consistent with the private sector
* Campaign Finance Reform
* Ban fundraisers while the legislature is in session
* Nonpartisan Reapportionment
* A bipartisan reapportionment commission should have a non-partisan tie breaking voting
* Chair and districts should be geographically compact and contiguous and follow municipal boundaries as much as possible
* Competitive Elections
* Some of these reforms and other reforms described below will make elections in Pennsylvania more competitive
* A General Constitutional Convention.
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