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Enliven Democracy Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Mon, 04/23/2007 - 4:05pm.
Here's another good letter in support of the Fair Elections Now Act, courtesy of Bloomington/Normal Citizens For A Living Democracy Committee member Charline Watts. She writes "The survival of a living democracy is at stake when who runs for office, who wins and the content of legislation is bought by the highest and most powerful bidder," and urges grassroots support of Clean Elections legislation to compel change.
Clean Elections Panel Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 04/03/2007 - 12:59pm.
Posted in: Clean Elections | illinois
Several organizations will sponsor a panel discussion on Clean Elections this Thursday at Illinois State University's Capen Auditorium in Normal, Illinois. The panel will include three people with experience running for office who can shed light on the role money plays in elections: Carol Koos, McLean County Board member Tari Renner and State Representative Dan Brady. If you're in the area, check it out!
Illinois Judicial Races Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 9:51am.
Posted in: illinois | judicial public financing
Illinois is fighting an uphill battle to win public financing for judicial races following a trend of increasingly more expensive races for the Supreme and Appellate courts. A bill to create such a system has now passed the Senate judicial committee and awaits approval by the full Senate before it moves to the House.
Sen. Obama Expresses Support for Publicly Financed Elections Submitted by Rick Bielke on Fri, 10/20/2006 - 5:14pm.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) was on NPR's All Things Considered yesterday promoting his new book. In his interview, Sen. Obama talked about the problem with money in politics and his desire that elections be publicly financed. Click here to listen to the clip. 1.4 mb (requires Real Player).
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Public Financing Going to the Chapel? posted by Katie Schlieper on 05-15-2008 Speaking of North Carolina, Chapel Hill may become the state's first municipality to offer a full public financing option for city council races. The state legislature has approved the idea, now the council is debating it. Cities like Portland, Oregon and Albuquerque, New Mexico offer a full public financing option and officials in more cities (like Los Angeles and New York) are proposing similar programs as the cost of running for office goes up and closes more people out. Published in: Chapel Hill | north carolina | Public Financing Get Real posted by Katie Schlieper on 05-15-2008 From the Raleigh News and Observer this morning an editorial lauding the state's existing public financing programs for campaigns in the state and encouraging further expansion of these programs as fast as possible. Published in: north carolina | Public Financing Panel for Queens posted by Katie Schlieper on 05-14-2008 For those of you in New York City, especially those of you in and around Queens -- there will be a Clean Elections panel discussion tomorrow, Thursday May 15th at 7pm at All Saints Church to discuss how campaign finance, Clean Elections, and the movement for social justice are related. Citizen Action of New York and the West Queens Independent Democratic Club are co-hosting, with the help of several other groups. Published in: Clean Elections | New York Creative Commons
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