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Green Party of Hawaii regains ballot status
on the Wilder Side | July 1st 2008 by iwilder
The Green Party of Hawaii has regained ballot status for the 2008 elections, after gathering more than twice the number of petition signatures required. “Thanks go out to the tireless efforts of local Green activists as well as supporters who read more
Sign the Voters First Pledge at Public Campaign Action Fund, for…
All Things Reform | April 29th 2008 by David Weller
Public Campaign Action Fund is running a Voter Pledge drive for clean elections for federal candidates. Clean elections is another term for volunteer public financing of candidate campaigns. It can save the candidates from "dialing for dollars" every read more
Participate in Fair Elections Action Week Monday April 14 to Frid…
All Things Reform | April 5th 2008 by David Weller
The Fair Elections Now Coalition, a group of six public interest groups, is organizing this year's Fair Elections Action Week, which is Monday, April 14th to Friday, April 18. It will promote the Fair Elections Now Act (FENA) (S.1285) now being legi read more
A look at clean elections in action
All Things Reform | March 3rd 2008 by David Weller
Candidates, and ultimately voters, are already enjoying clean elections in Maine. The first state in the nation to bring this campaign finance reform to state offices, it has been successfully administered since 1996. This local newspaper story is read more
Watch video on public financing of elections
All Things Reform | March 3rd 2008 by David Weller
John Rauh, founder of Americans for Campaign Reform (Just $6) interviews best-selling author Frances Moore Lappe in an entertaining video about public financing of elections, or, as some call it, "clean elections".Presently, this video clip is not pi read more
Look for possibly big money commercials by nonprofits later this…
All Things Reform | February 27th 2008 by David Weller
According to a Feb. 25th Mother Jones article, a shift of major campaign funds from candidates and parties to individuals will take place later this election season. And 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations may have a say on what commercials will be ai read more
Why America Needs Coalition – Clean Elections and Freedom
from Reason to Freedom | February 2nd 2008
To get Ron Paul elected we need to ensure that elections will be clean. At the same time we need to build the form of government that we should always have kept. That is the most local you can imagine. Clean elections can give us both but to get t read more
Why America Needs Coalition – Clean Elections and Freedom
How the NeoCons Stole Freedom | February 2nd 2008 by Melinda
There is an immediate need to take back the vote. For longer than it is comfortable to contemplate the vote has been controlled by those who sign the contracts with the corporations who provide 'voting machines.' The Left has been talking about th read more
Let we, the people finance our next president's candidacy
All Things Reform | January 31st 2008 by David Weller
I have just submitted a letter to the editor to my local newspaper, the Abilene (TX) Reporter-News. It's about Clean Elections-- public financing in light of super duper Tuesday primaries coming next week. I don't know if they'll publish it in time read more
Take Back the Vote – Take Back America
How the NeoCons Stole Freedom | January 29th 2008 by Melinda
There is an immediate need to take back the vote. The left has been talking about that for a long time now but on the Right we were lulled into the belief that it was just sour grapes. Part of that came from the media, other elements on which we bu read more
Where do the Republican presidential candidates stand?
All Things Reform | January 25th 2008 by David Weller
All of the Democratic candidates for president support public financing of elections. We see Republicans supporting public financing in Congress and state legislatures all over the country. How about the Republican presidential candidates?The presi read more
99 Ways to Steal Elections: The Story of John Fund and Ron Paul
How the NeoCons Stole Freedom | January 8th 2008 by Melinda
I was sitting across the table from John Fund in a funky little diner in New York when he told us that he was going to write a book on election fraud. There are moments in life you never forget; that was one of those for me. When he spoke those wo read more
Tell the FEC NO on this Friday's ruling about presidential public…
All Things Reform | December 12th 2007 by David Weller
Public Campaign has issued a letter to the FEC (Federal Election Commission) concerning the public financing of presidential elections. The FEC is considering a ruling that would prevent some small-dollar donations given through the web from trigger read more
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