South CarolinaRelated State News
Big Money, Big Gap Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Fri, 01/18/2008 - 12:19pm.
All eyes are on the Nevada and South Carolina (Republican) presidential primaries this weekend and Public Campaign's Nancy Watzman takes a look at the zipcodes giving the most to candidates in these two races in her newest post at Off the Bus. Not surprisingly the money's coming from wealthy, predominantly white communities. Whose voice is being heard on the campaign trail?
Clean TV! Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 2:55pm.
Great South Carolina PBS report on the Clean Elections bill introduced in the state Senate by Sen. Clementa Pinckney (D); includes a good interview with the Senator.
South Carolina Bill Gets Hearing Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Thu, 05/03/2007 - 10:30am.
South Carolina has seen Clean Elections legislation introduced every year since 2000, but this year's bill, introduced by Sen. Clementa Pinckney (D) is seeing more progress. A hearing of the bill in the the Senate Judiciary Committee prompted this article in The Times and Democrat with Pinckney expressing a hope that Clean Elections will restore trust in the state legislature.
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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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