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Presidential Candidates Move Away From Public Financing

You can still check the box on your 1040 federal income tax return and earmark $3 for presidential public financing. This Watergate-era reform was supposed to push big money out of presidential politics, but so far this cycle, not many people have checked it.

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Peter Overby has covered Washington power, money, and influence since a foresighted NPR editor created the beat in 1994.