Clean Elections at work

Clean Elections at work

• AZ Clean Money Month Proclamation- CLEAN ELECTIONS INSTITUTE proclamation for the November 2003 Clean Elections Month issued by their Board.
• Women, Legislators, Leaders- Northeast Action brochure telling the stories of women who used the Clean Elections system to run for various public offices in Maine and Arizona. 
• Arizona Clean Elections 2004 Statistics- Statistics on the 2004 elections in Arizona, including incumbent breakdown, as well as data on the involvement of women and minority candidates.
• Arizona Clean Elections 2004 NIMSP Study- Assessment of funds used in the 2004 elections cycle under Arizona's Clean Elections program. http://www.followthemoney.org/press/Reports/200605181.pdf
• Clean Elections and Women in Maine - 2004- Statistics on women using Clean Elections in the Maine 2004 elections. http://www.mainecleanelections.org/pdfs/CEmainewomen.pdf
• How to Throw a $5 Party - Arizona- One of the basic principles of Clean Elections is to restore campaigns to grassroots activities and open up the political process to both candidates and citizens.
• Reclaiming Democracy in Arizona- A study of contributors to the 1998 and 2002 gubernatorial campaigns conducted by the Clean Elections Institute, Inc.
• Training for Participating Candidates - Arizona- Training on Clean Elections for participating candidates.
• Volunteer Guide for $5 Contributions - Arizona- The Citizen’s Clean Elections law encourages grassroots campaigning, making volunteers more important than ever.
• Berkeley Clean Money FAQ- The Berkeley Fair Elections Act is a proposed City of Berkeley ordinance that would establish a public financing system for Berkeley elections.
• Berkeley Visuals on Cost of Clean Elections- Charts, graphs, and visual aids on cost of Clean Elections for Berkeley Fair Elections Act.
• California Sample Speech- Sample speech from California Clean Money Campaign.
• California Speaker Training- Orientation and speaker training for California Clean Money Campaign.
• Do Public Funding Programs Enhance Electoral Competition?- Our goal is to apply traditional techniques of social science inference to assess the impact of public funding on state legislative elections.
• Overview of Campaign Finance Reform Options- The document below is designed to help legislators and advocates reach consensus about how to update and improve Massachusetts campaign finance laws to reflect the current realities of funding politic
• The Impact of Public Finance Laws on Fundraising in State Legislative Elections- This study examines two questions. First, does public funding reduce the time that candidates devote to fundraising?
• Rebuttal to CATO Institute Argument - Maryland- Testimony of Progressive Maryland before the Stenberg Commission on Public Funding of Campaigns in Maryland.
• Study Commission on Public Funding of Campaigns in Maryland- Final Report
• Maryland Study Commission Strategy- Basic steps followed by Progressive Maryland in following a "Study Commission Strategy" to move the ball forward for Clean Elections reform.
• What Will Clean Money System Cost?:Portland, OR- Statistics on the costs of a Clean Elections System in Portland, OR.
• Clean Elections Summary, Summer 2007- A summary of the cities and states with Clean Elections systems, updated in August 2007
• Increased Electoral Competitiveness Predicted in Connecticut- Kenneth R Mayer, Timothy Werner, “Electoral Transitions in Connecticut: The Implementation of Clean Elections in 2008,” University of Wisconsin-Madison, Paper prepared for delivery at the 2007 Ann
• Major Survey to Probe Why Small Donors Give- Michael J Malbin et al, “The CFI Small Donor Project: An Overview of the Project and a Preliminary Report on State Legislative Candidates’ Perspe
• High Quality, Low Income Candidates More Likely to Run with Public Financing-  Raymond J  La Raja, “Candidate Emergence in State Legislative Elections: Does Public Funding Make a Difference?” University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
• Seventy Percent of CT Candidates Say They Will Use Clean Elections- Keith E Hamm and Robert E Hogan, “Candidate Perceptions of Campaign Financing in State Legislative Eleciotns: Preliminary Observations,”
• "White" Paper Makes Case for Fair Elections- This "white" paper makes the case to Congress for Fair Elections.
• Maine Ethics Commission Touts Clean Elections- “2007 Study Report: Has Public Funding Improved Maine Elections?” 2007 Report on the Maine Clean Election Act, Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices.
• Maine Clean Elections Statistics- Produced by Maine Common Cause, this factsheet presents Clean Elections statistics on the 2002 through 2006 Maine elections cycles.
• Arizona Clean Elections Statistics- The Arizona Clean Elections Institute produced this fact sheet on Arizona Clean Elections statistics from 2002 through 2006.
• Survey of Likely Candidates in Connecticuts First Clean Elections Cycle- The Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission published a survey on January 1, 2008 on "Projected Levels of Candi
• Small Business Equals Big Impact- When trying to influence a lawmaker, there is no better tactic than good old fashioned face to face constituent contact.