maine clean elections
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Apr01
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Bolster Maine Clean Elections
A group of bipartisan lawmakers have joined together to introduce new legislation in Maine that would increase funding for the state's Clean Elections' law and further strengthen the popular system.
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Mar12
Clips Round-up for 3/12/12
When asked whether "the ultrawealthy have an inordinate or inappropriate amount of influence on the political process," billionaire Mitt Romney supporter Ken Griffin said in an interview, "I think they actually have an insufficient influence."
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Feb09
Rep. Chellie Pingree: Recovering Democracy After Citizens United
In an op-ed today, Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) speaks out against the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision and advocates for the Fair Elections Now Act.
Rep. Pingree, an original co-sponsor of the legislation, notes how the Fair Elections-style system in her home state of Maine has seen success and how that could translate to a better, more inclusive system on the federal level:
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Nov30
Clips Round-up for 11/30/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Legislative panel sputters on Clean Elections consensus
Ugh: A Maine House committee failed to come to a consensus yesterday to fix the Clean Elections program. They just removed the triggers.
- More here: http://www.pressherald.com/news/gop-may-get-last-word-on-clean-election-funds_2011-11-30.html
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Oct28
Clips Round-up for 10/28/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Keeping it Clean: Maine's fight for Fair Elections
Do read this piece by Brooke Jarvis in Yes! magazine on Maine Clean Elections.
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Aug22
Clips Round-up for 8/22/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Our view: Minor changes won't fix Clean Elections ailment
The Portland Press-Herald editorializes on possible updates to Maine's Clean Elections system to deal with the McComish decision. Increasing the flat fee or allowing extra $5 donations won't do it, they write.
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Aug19
Clips Round-up for 8/19/11
Fair Elections/Campaign Finance
Maine Ethics Commission Seeks Clean Election Law Fix
On the proposed solutions: "We can't have a publicly-funded system that sort of, on-purpose, keeps the candidates kind of barefoot and pregnant," said Allison Smith, the co-president of Maine Citizens for Clean Elections.
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Jun28
Clips Round-up for 6/28/11
Other McComish stories:As you know, the Supreme Court released its decision yesterday throwing out the trigger fund provision of the Arizona Clean Elections Act. We have compiled a fairly extensive list of statements from organizations, elected officials, news, and other reactions to the decision. We'll continue to update it: http://publicampaign.org/mccomishnews.
- Arizona
- campaign finance
- Clips
- Common Cause
- Connecticut
- Fair Elections Now Act
- florida
- gop
- Harry Reid
- Koch Brothers
- maine
- maine clean elections
- matching funds
- McComish v. Bennett
- Nancy Pelosi
- New Jersey
- north carolina
- PACs
- President Obama
- public campaign
- Rod Blagojevich
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Wall Street
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Jun27
Clips Round-up for 6/27/11
Campaign Finance/Fair ElectionsThe Maine legislature ended without repealing gubernatorial Clean Elections.
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Jun14
Clips Round-up for 6/14/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Lawmakers Set to Double Donor Limits For Gubernatorial Candidates