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Clean Elections Need to Come Back Submitted by Monica Rober on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 3:31pm.
New Jersey's Courier Post Online editorializes in favor of bringing Clean Elections back to the state.
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.
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