Across the country this week, hundreds of thousands of voters are being asked to contact their representatives in the U.S. Senate and House to demand support for meaningful campaign finance reform. It's time for our elected officials to hear from their constituents that Clean Elections is a way out of the current system of corruption.

Here is what you can do:

Tell your representatives to support Clean Elections!

Ask your friends to take action!

Make a contribution today to help support our efforts to make elections about voters, not campaign donors.

Writing letters to the editor of your local paper is a great way to build support and awareness for Clean Elections in your area. Below are some ideas to use when putting together your letter.

Clean Elections Information:

• Clean Elections levels the playing field and allows all people to participate equally in the political process. Elected officials are no longer just well-connected insiders or career politicians, but average people from diverse backgrounds. Small business owners, community activists, teachers, and waitresses all of these people, and others, have ran and won using Clean Elections system.

• Clean Elections makes elections about voters, not campaign donors. Candidates can spend their times talking to constituents instead of spending countless hours wooing major donors.

• Once in office, Clean Elections officials are no longer beholden to special interests and lobbyists. They are free to focus on the needs of all voters, not the needs of major donors.

• To qualify for public financing, candidates must show a broad base of support in their community by collecting a set number of small donations—usually $5. Once qualified, Clean Elections candidates adhere to strict spending limits and can not accept private contributions. If a publicly financed candidate is outspent by a privately funded candidate, matching funds are available to assure that the race is competitive. Clean Elections Has Public Support

• Clean Elections is a reality. To date, seven states and two municipalities have passed Clean Elections laws: Arizona; Connecticut; Maine; New Jersey; New Mexico; North Carolina; Albuquerque, New Mexico and Portland, Oregon.

• Candidates that participate in Clean Elections are supported by voters. Today in Maine, 83% of the state Senate and 77% of the state House is made up of legislators that ran as Clean Elections candidates.

• In Arizona, 10 out of 11 statewide offices in Arizona are held by Clean Elections candidates. In addition, 23% of the Arizona state Senate and 58% of the state House were elected using public financing. In the 2006 Arizona elections, 64% of all candidates in the primary are running Clean

• In 2004, for the first time, North Carolina implemented Clean Elections for judicial races. Both of the Supreme Court seats and 2 out of 3 Court of Appeals seats on the ballot were won by Clean Elections candidates.

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