This fact sheet was released September 2008 for a brain trust meeting at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.

Produced by Maine Common Cause, this factsheet presents Clean Elections statistics on the 2002 through 2006 Maine elections cycles.

“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.

Michael J Malbin et al, “The CFI Small Donor Project: An Overview of the Project and a Preliminary Report on State Legislative Candidates’ Perspe

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

This study examines two questions. First, does public funding reduce the time that candidates devote to fundraising?

Northeast Action brochure telling the stories of women who used the Clean Elections system to run for various public offices in Maine and Arizona.

Statistics on women using Clean Elections in the Maine 2004 elections.

http://www.mainecleanelections.org/pdfs/CEmainewomen.pdf