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    Votes for Sale?
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    Airdate: Friday, October 20, 2006, at 8:30-9:30 p.m. on PBS.
    (Check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html.)

A grassroots rebellion to clean up elections. A one-hour special, this time on NOW.

    The run-up to this year's midterm election smells of scandal and corruption, which raises the question: Can anyone stop the influence of big money and big influence on political campaigns? Before, you say "of course not," watch the weekly newsmagazine NOW on PBS on Friday, October 20 at 8:30 pm, for a special hour-long investigation into the fight to keep American elections free and fair across the country. Airing less than three weeks before Americans go to the polls, "Votes for Sale?" will spotlight the so-called Clean Elections movement, a radical experiment adopted in Maine and Arizona to revolutionize how campaigns are conducted. It may not only help clean up politics, but also open the door for more average Americans to run for office and win.

    NOW also looks at a contentious California vote initiative, Proposition 89, with the same mission of cleaning up campaigns. But will "politics of the people" be a clean democratic step forward or a messy economic step backward? NOW travels across the country to find out.

    "Votes for Sale?" will air Friday, October 20, on PBS stations (check local listings). A YouTube teaser for the show is included below.

    Note: Starting this Friday, the NOW website at www.pbs.org/now will offer a special state-by-state voter tool to help Americans see how political funds are being collected and spent in their own cities and neighborhoods.

    NOW on the News will also feature a web-exclusive audio interview and podcast with Civil Rights Lawyer Lynne Stewart, who was sentenced this week to 28 months in prison for conspiring to aid terrorists and lying to the government.

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