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Rhode Islanders Fight for Clean Elections Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Wed, 02/07/2007 - 11:00am.
Posted in: Clean Elections | Rhode Island
Rhode Islanders for Fair Elections are fighting for Clean Elections in the state, and in it for the long haul. Realistic about the several years of work they have ahead of them, they are working with legislator allies like State Sen. Rhoda Perry and Rep. Edith Ajello to win full public financing for statewide and legislative offices.
Evaluating Rhode Island Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 12/12/2006 - 3:29pm.
Rhode Island is evaluating the success of their public matching-funds program in their most recent election. This article, courtesy of The Providence Journal outlines the broad use of the program, in particular by the challenger to Governor Carcieri, Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty but suggests candidates are disadvantaged if they use the system in a primary against a privately financed opponent.
Easy As...Pancakes Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 12/05/2006 - 5:03pm.
Let's hear it for more student editorials! Alex Roehrkasse, of the campus-based Clean Elections group, Democracy Matters, writes in the Brown Daily Herald on the public financing system being proposed in Rhode Island: reduce the influence of special interests and restore honest leadership for the price of a few pancakes. Order up!
Awards for Public Financing Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 09/12/2006 - 1:16pm.
Posted in: Connecticut | New Mexico | north carolina | Portland | public campaign | Public Financing | Rhode Island
Connecticut's Journal Inquirer notes the awards given to Governor Jodi Rell and other lawmakers and activists for their work on behalf of publicly financed elections at our event, Seize the Moment: National Activists Conference on the Public Financing of Elections.
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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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