Public Campaign - pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Forum

Katie Schlieper — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:04:41 +0000

Martha Carbone has this letter to the editor on the Pocono Record reminding folks about the upcoming Clean Elections forum in Monroe, Pennsylvania on March 8th. The forum is sponsored by the League of Women Voters and will feature speakers from the coalition that has been successful in moving Clean Elections efforts forward in New Jersey. The event will be held at the Monroe Public Library beginning at 10 am and is free and open to the public.

Pennsylvania Forum

Katie Schlieper — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:01:45 +0000

For those in eastern Pennsylvania, the League of Women Voters will be hosting a forum on Clean Elections on the morning of Saturday March 8th in Stroudsburg. More details on the event here, which will feature speakers from the League as well as from New Jersey Citizen Action and Rutgers University. The event is free and open to the public.

Change Afoot

Katie Schlieper — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:54:08 +0000

Good news from Pennsylvania where the state's Supreme Court upheld campaign contributions for Philadelphia elections, drawing the first set of battle lines in what is shaping up to be a big discussion over electoral reform and campaign finance in the state.

Action on Judicial Races

Katie Schlieper — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:10:27 +0000

Jake Miller, a high school teacher and chairman of the Common Cause Pennsylvania campaign for full public financing of elections takes the occasion of Fair Elections Action Week to make this argument in favor of a public financing system for judicial races like North Carolina has, and New Mexico recently passed.

Action Week Letter

Katie Schlieper — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:15:18 +0000

That's what we like to see during Fair Elections Action Week: two good letters in support of the Fair Elections Now Act, one in Wisconsin (top of the page) and one in Pennsylvania (third down). Full letters reprinted after the jump.

Priority for Legislators

Katie Schlieper — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:49:28 +0000

The Morning Call in Pennsylvania is taking advantage of recent debates at the statehouse about new campaign finance rules to come out strongly in favor of limits on campaign donations, better disclosure requirements, and public financing of elections. Above all, they urge lawmakers to make these proposals a major priority, as the priorities and activities of the legislature are so influenced by money's role in elections.

Reigning in Money in PA

Katie Schlieper — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:42:17 +0000

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell's is proposing a new round of contribution limits for state races saying " "Campaign spending is spiraling out of control, and the result is that those with big money are getting a larger and larger say in the outcome of our elections." According to this article in The Patriot-News, more than a few Pennsylvania lawmakers are eager to lessen the influence of money on elections.

What's Good For Maine

Katie Schlieper — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:11:28 +0000

The Philadelphia Inquirer is really getting behind Clean Elections. Concerned with both corruption and the rapidly escalating cost of campaigning -- and what the real cost is to voters -- they are intrigued by the possibilities of a full public financing system to put the focus in elections back on voters, and not the courting of wealthy donors. Today's supportive editorial points to the model Maine's Clean Elections system offers Pennsylvania.

PA Pushes NJ

Katie Schlieper — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:57:37 +0000

In light of last week's news on New Jersey's public financing pilot project, neighboring Pennsylvania encourages the state to not only continue the project, but expand it to include primaries and try it out in more districts.