Washington, D.C.—The Campaign for Fair Elections applauded the 201 members of Congress and candidates that have signed the Other 98% Fight Washington Corruption pledge, a three-platform pledge that includes the Fair Elections Now Act.

“A new Wall Street Journal and NBC News poll out today shows that by a wide margin, voters are ready to give special interests the boot on November 2nd,” said David Donnelly, campaign manager for the Campaign for Fair Elections. “These members of Congress and candidates must be commended for their support for legislation and a platform that would do just that.”

“Americans are ready for a government of, by, and for the people, not bought and paid for by special interests,” continued Donnelly. “These 200 pledge signers are showing voters that they want that too.”

The pledge includes three goals: 1). a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United v. FEC decision, 2) pass the Fair Elections Now Act, and 3) lobbying reform.

The Fair Elections Now Act would let members of Congress focus on their constituents and the policy-making process, instead of spending countless hours raising money from Washington, D.C. lobbyists and other wealthy interests. With Fair Elections, candidates for Congress could run competitive campaigns for office by relying solely on small donations from back home. The legislation has the broad, bipartisan, and cross-caucus support of 165 members of Congress.

On September 23, the Committee on House Administration passed the Fair Elections Now Act, sending it to the floor of the House. Since its committee passage, thousands of Americans have called their member of Congress and Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanding a vote on the legislation.

In addition to the Other 98% pledge, hundreds of candidates have signed the Voters First Pledge, focused solely on Fair Election-style legislation. Those pledge signers are available at www.votersfirstpledge.org.