Have Waited Nearly Three Months for President's Response to FEC Petition

From:  League Again Calls On President to Answer FEC Petition  |  League of Women Voters

• April 11, 2012

• Dear Mr. President:

• Yesterday marked two months since our organizations successfully reached 25,000 signatures on our petition, calling on you to nominate new commissioners to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) who will faithfully enforce existing campaign finance laws and close existing loopholes.

•  Our broad coalition still awaits your response as promised by the process established by the White House that clearly states there will be a response when 25,000 or more signatures are submitted on a petition.

• The FEC is widely recognized as a dysfunctional agency that consistently refuses to enforce federal campaign finance laws enacted to prevent the corruption of federal officeholders and government decisions. Five of the six current commissioners are serving despite expired terms, and three openly flaunt their routine refusal to enforce existing campaign finance laws, even where the FEC’s professional staff has called for an investigation.

• As the New York Times editorialized this past weekend, this is an unacceptable situation.

This letter is signed by the twelve non-profits that organized the petition to Pres. Obama.

White House "We the People" petitioning page with instructions.