Voter-Owned Hawaii


Hawaii's Pilot Fair Elections Program Underway
Submitted by Brian Allison on Mon, 06/28/2010 - 1:08pm.
The Los Angeles Times highlights the new pilot Fair Elections program available this election cycle to candidates for the Hawaii County Council contest. 
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Hawaii Edges Closer
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 2:42pm.
Having passed out of the Hawaii Senate and House, a bill to create a pilot program of full public financing for county council elections on the Big Island now awaits approval by Governor Linda Lingle. The people at Voter-Owned Hawaii have been pursuing public financing for Hawaii's elections for many years -- I hope they'll soon be able to celebrate this victory!
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Hawai'i Program Hits Snag
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Fri, 04/11/2008 - 3:04pm.
The proposal to publicly fund county council elections in Hawai'i on a pilot basis may be in danger thanks to a state Senate amendment that would tie the program to another proposal to ease the limits on campaign contributions from corporations.  Come on state Senate, that's a low blow.
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Honolulu Endorsement
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 1:42pm.
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin likes the idea of a pilot Clean Elections public financing program for Hawaii County Council elections, seeing such a program as a worthwhile experiment in public financing that could go on to benefit other elections in the state.
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Hawai'i Coalition Gathers
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 2:57pm.
Members of Voter-Owned Hawai'i joined representatives of the Hawai'i County Council, the Democratic Party of Hawai'i and the League of Women Voters at the state Capitol yesterday to express support for a bill introduced last year that would offer a full public financing option for county council candidates on the Big Island, an update to the current partial public financing program.
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One Example
Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Mon, 01/07/2008 - 3:14pm.
Kory Payne of Voter-Owned Hawai'i uses a single example of a secretive government granting process to illustrate the larger need for Hawai'i to upgrade it's partial public financing system to a full public financing system and do away with the need for candidates for public office to run their campaigns with special interest money.
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