[pc86]

Yard signs, phone calls, websites, GOTV operations, consultants, debates, mailers, all of these things cost money. The current system requires you to appeal to donors with a winning message to get contributions to pay for these.

Who decides which candidates get limited public funds? Are you just going to split it equally between whoever runs? Why should the public pay for fringe campaigns that won't get any votes?

[kelipso]

Usually you do a poll and set a threshold for funding, like 5% or something, to avoid funding fringe candidates.