Letters from two very different parts of the country over the weekend in support of full public financing of campaigns. After the jump, letters to the editor in the Des Moines Register and the New York Times about Clean Elections efforts going forward in the states.

The day after Christmas is a day to think about changing how we finance elections, or so two items from Washington and New Jersey would suggest.  Kathy DeNeui wants to see Clean Elections pass in Washington, while the Courier Post wants the Clean Elections pilot program in New Jersey to become a permanent part of state elections. Sounds like the makings of a few New Year's resolutions for state legislatures!

Thanks to Charles Mauch for submitting a good letter to the editor of the Houston Chronicle supporting full public financing of campaigns -- and mentioning us! His full letter after the jump.

David Weller of Abilene, Texas and the blog All Things Reform has this letter to the editor on Fair Elections Action Week in the Reporter News: "Voting is an intellectual exercise, not a pocketbook one." Full letter after the jump.

Karl Balliet dishes up some criticism for the Center for Competitive Politics in this letter in the Roanoke Times. The Center recently ran a letter in the paper critical of public financing and Balliet points out some omissions and obfuscations in their argument.

See, it's not just us asking you to call your Representatives and Senators and ask them to support Clean Elections!  Stephen Gifford of Vero Beach issues a similar call in this letter to the editor in the Vero Beach Press-Journal -- and a helpful commenter supplies a website to search for your congressman or woman's number.  Thanks for putting in a word, Stephen!