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A Call for Clean Elections Expansion in New jersey Submitted by Johnny Papagiannis on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 1:19pm.
Citing a near complete lack of competitive legislative races in the state, the Blue Jersey blog makes the case for expanding New Jersey's Clean Elections pilot program. Fair Elections Now Act: A Start on Campaign Finance Reform Submitted by Monica Rober on Wed, 05/20/2009 - 1:40pm.
Posted in: campaign contributions | Fair Elections Now Act | New Jersey | Public Financing | Sen. Dick Durbin
A recent editorial in the New Jersey Star-Ledger presents the Fair Elections Now Act as a needed reform and urges readers to call on their Congressperson to support the legislation. Raising Campaign Cash Gets Tougher Submitted by Monica Rober on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 3:28pm.
An editorial in New Jersey's Daily Record examines the difficulties facing candidates who are trying to raise campaign cash, and suggests public financing as a viable alternative.
Candidates Defends Clean Elections Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 4:07pm.
Posted in: Clean Elections | New Jersey
A candidate who ran for a seat in the New Jersey Assembly last year using the state's new Clean Elections pilot program writes in to the Star Ledger to defend the program and counter arguments that have been made to shut it down. Pat Walsh notes that voter participation rose, and special interests seeking to make their donations were turned away.
Keep Going Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Wed, 09/10/2008 - 12:29pm.
Posted in: Clean Elections | New Jersey
Phyllis Salowe-Kaye of New Jersey Citizen Action and David Donnelly of our sister organization, Public Campaign Action Fund, team up for this opinion piece in the Times of Trenton cautioning opponents of Clean Elections to shelve the champagne for now: New Jersey's Clean Elections system may have hit a speedbump, but its nothing insurmountable.
Bad Call Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 3:53pm.
Posted in: Clean Elections | New Jersey
The leaders of New Jersey Citizen Action write in to the Princeton Packet to express their displeasure with the decision to suspend the state's Clean Election pilot program for the 2009 election cycle. NJ Citizen Action has been the engine behind Clean Elections progress in the state, and feel as we do that the decision to suspend the program was premature.
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North Carolina Judicial Public Financing Praised posted by Monica Rober on 07-02-2009 The nonpartisan Center for Governmental Studies has released a report praising the North Carolina judicial public financing system. Published in: Center for Governmental Studies | judicial elections | judicial public financing | north carolina NYT Editorial on New York posted by Monica Rober on 07-02-2009 The New York Times editorializes on the state of politics in New York and makes some suggestions. "CLEANER MONEY New York’s campaign finance system is a disgrace. When the Legislature is in session, lawmakers spend every night harvesting campaign funds, often using loopholes as big as a bank. Write “party housekeeping” on the check, and it can have as many zeros as you want. Corporate subsidiaries have a field day. And the lobbyists who write the checks then also write the laws. Public financing should be the goal, but even real, enforceable limits would be a start." Published in: campaign finance | New York | Public Financing | The New York Times Newest Senator Takes on Campaign Finance Reform posted by Monica Rober on 07-01-2009 Democrat Al Franken is set to be sworn into the Senate next week as Minnesota's second senator. As a member of the Judiciary Committee, one of his first acts in office will be to interview U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor at her confirmation hearing. Franken intends to use this opportunity to ask Sotomayor about campaign finance reform. "Interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio this morning, Franken said he is concerned about the role of corporate money in political races and would quiz Sotomayor on constitutional barriers to public financing of campaigns." Published in: campaign finance reform | Franken | publicly financed elections | Sotomayor Read more from the Voter Blog Creative Commons
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