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Letters to the Editor in California
Submitted by Monica Rober on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 2:48pm.
The San Jose Mercury News has published at least three positive responses to Assemblyman Tom Ammiano's call for the California Fair Elections Act and the congressional Fair Elections Now Act.
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Could Campaign Finance Reform Help Solve Budget Woes?
Submitted by Monica Rober on Wed, 05/20/2009 - 1:21pm.
A reporter for the Ventura County Star believes that public financing may be the answer to California's budget problems.
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California State Rep. Opines in San Jose Mercury News
Submitted by Monica Rober on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 2:15pm.
In an op-ed this weekend, California State Rep. Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) writes that the Fair Elections Now Act would take the influence of money out of politics.
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Op-Ed in the Daily Bruin
Submitted by Monica Rober on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 10:01am.
The director of Democracy Matters at UCLA has an Op-Ed in The Daily Bruin discussing the need for Fair Elections.
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News is Sunny in California
Submitted by Burney Simpson on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 10:05am.
A major media outlet in California praises the state's Clean Elections referendum, along with the legislator and activists that worked to pass the measure.
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Victory in California
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 9:57am.
Well, this is quite a surprise.  California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has signed a bill authorizing a pilot Clean Elections program for candidates for Secretary of State.  Following passage in the state legislature the bill had been sitting on his desk for quite a while. Activists around the state flooded the Governor's office with calls in support of the legislation.
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