The Connecticut Post examines why Connecticut's Citizen Elections' Program is a boon for democracy. "Maybe now qualified people who previously chose not to run because of the energy they would have to sink into raising money (and later into contending with pressures from big donors) will now give public service another look. That may be happening already, because, according to Garfield, more than three-fourths of first-time legislative candidates said that a very important factor in their decision to run was the availability of a public campaign grant."To read the full article, click here.