Rhode Islanders for Fair Elections are fighting for Clean Elections in the state, and in it for the long haul. Realistic about the several years of work they have ahead of them, they are working with legislator allies like State Sen. Rhoda Perry and Rep. Edith Ajello to win full public financing for statewide and legislative offices.  Common Cause of Rhode Island, student groups from Brown University and Providence College, and representatives from a number of other organizations form the coalition fighting to advance Clean Elections in state, where budget concerns may delay its passage for a few more years.  Rhode Island's neighboring states have been early adopters of the Clean Elections program: Maine was the first state in the country to implement the system and continues to enjoy high participation rates and high voter support; Massachusetts voters passed Clean Elections just after Maine but the legislature revoked funding for it; Vermont has a public financing program for its Governor and Lieutenant Governor positions, and in 2005 the Connecticut legislature passed the most comprehensive Clean Elections law in the country for statewide and legislative offices which will take effect for the 2008 elections.  Annice Correira of Providence College sums up what Rhode Island, like its neighbor-states before it, is really fighting for: "A donor-driven political process stifles debate [. . .] America's political dialogue, with rare exceptions, is confined to policies acceptable to wealthy donors who fund political campaigns. I want a rich political dialogue for the whole of us."