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Indiana Event Resonates Submitted by Burney Simpson on Wed, 10/08/2008 - 8:50am.
An Indianapolis Star column offers a positive write up on Clean Elections efforts there.
Limits for Indiana Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 3:25pm.
People in Indiana are concerned about the Wild Midwest rules when it comes to campaign finance, namely the lack of limits on campaign contributions to candidates for office in the state. A few solutions to the unbridled influence of private money on the state's elections are being shopped around, including Clean Elections.
Better Change Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 1:45pm.
Missed this one on the day it was published but I was glad to see it today. Jack Miller of Indianapolis wrote a great letter to the editor in support of the Fair Elections Now Act, public financing of elections, and the real "change" we've been hearing so much about this presidential race. Full letter after the jump.
From the Letters Page Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 01/15/2008 - 12:57pm.
Ed Gracely wants New Jersey to extend its Clean Elections program to cover all legislative races and Charlotte Templin thinks it's time for Indiana to move towards a full public financing option for state legislators. Read both of their letters to the editor after the jump.
Go Hoosiers Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 11/20/2007 - 12:58pm.
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That's two letters this week in Indiana in support of Clean Elections! Julie Vaughn of Common Cause Indiana, in her letter to the Indianapolis Star wants Indiana to look at its lax campaign finance laws and embrace public financing at both the state and national levels. Her full letter after the jump.
Letters in Indiana and Alaska Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 1:39pm.
Fair Elections Action Week has wrapped up but not without a few more media mentions of the efforts to win full public financing of elections both at the state and federal level. A good letter to the editor in Indianapolis about the Fair Elections Now Act, and this letter to the editor in Kodiak, Alaska about state efforts to win a Clean Elections system.
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