Welcome to CLEAN ELECTIONS 101 (Plus)


This site is dedicated to the growth of the idea that WE THE PEOPLE deserve elected officials that are responsive to WE THE PEOPLE and not beholden (or even perceived to be beholden) to special interest money.

If you believe that WE THE PEOPLE deserve local, state, and federal governments that are truly of, by, and for WE THE PEOPLE - and committed to the public good not the special interests of a few - READ ON !

If you care about health care, education, the environment, energy independence, the economy, peace/justice, corporatism, election integrity, and other important issues; then you should care about the idea of CLEAN ELECTIONS & CLEAN REPRESENTATION. There is a major reason why our elected officials at all levels can't move off the dime to solve these problems, and that reason is BIG MONEY.

Big money that buys access and influence, dominates our policies and corrupts our politics. The best way to get big money out of politics is to cut politicians' dependence on big campaign contributions and special favors while in office. It all comes down to one thing:the mother of all issues is CLEAN ELECTINS & CLEAN REPRESENTATION !

If you support the idea of "Clean Elections & Clean Representation", learn more about the issue and join in making this idea a reality in more places!

This site contains information from and links to groups that also think that Clean Elections & Representation is "the mother of all issues." Some call it Clean Elections, Ethics in Government, Public Campaigns, Public Funding, or Voter Owned Elections, but the issue is the same.
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Get Involved, Stay Informed, and Take Action on this issue.

PLACE TO START - Watch these videos and read about the issue

1. Video "Clean Elections, Changing The Face of America" at http://www.publicampaign.org/video (15m)

2. Video "4 Former Senators Speak Out" at http://youstreet.org/founders

3. Video "Bill Moyers on the Influence of Money in Government" at http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07102009/watch3.html (4m)

4. Videos from a one day conference called Money in Politics: Horizons for Reform in Washington DC on 5/8/09 at http://www.brennancenter.org/content/pages/money_in_politics_2009_new_horizons_for_reform

5. Video of Fair Elections Now Act Press Conference on March 31, 2009 at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMXfnHzwWRM (17m)

6. General Info from Public Campaign - "Clean Election Campaign Reform 1,2,3 at http://www.publicampaign.org/clean123

7. Getting a Grip on Money and Politics, Part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBshbKQ6ViU

8. Getting a Grip on Mondey and Politics, Part II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS4cyr_3yBE&feature=related
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NATIONAL GROUPS THAT SUPPORT CLEAN ELECTIONS AND CLEAN REPRESENTATION

- Many have information about the issue and a newsletter to help you Get Involved and Stay Informed & Take Action!

1. Public Campaign at http://www.publicampaign.org/
2. You Street at http://www.youstreet.org/
3. Common Cause at
http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4764307
4. Brennan Center for Justice at
http://www.brennancenter.org/content/section/category/campaign_finance_reform/
5. Public Citizen at http://www.citizen.org/congress/
6. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Wahington at http://www.CitizensForEthics.org
7. Center for Responsive Politics at http://www.OpenSecrets.org
8. Democracy 21 at http://www.democracy21.org/
9. Change Congress at http://change-congress.org
10. Democracy Matters at http://www.DemocracyMatters.org
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NATIONAL PROPOSAL CALLED THE FAIR ELECTIONS NOW ACT

1. Fair Elections Now Act at http://www.FairElectionNow.org

2. Fair Elections Now Act Summary at http://www.FairElectionsNow.org/more/summary

3. Contact Your Representative Now About This Issue at http://action.citizen.org/t/6693/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1301
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STATE/CITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT THIS IDEA

1. Directory of State-based Government Watchdogs at http://citizensforethics.org/state-ethics#
2. Maine Citizens for Clean Elections at http://www.mainecleanelections.org/
3. Democracy North Carolina at http://www.democracy-nc.org/index.shtml
4. New Jersey Citizen Action at http://www.njcitizenaction.org/cfr.html
5. Connecticut Citizens Action Group at
http://www.ccag.net/issues/good-government
6. California Clean Money Campaign at http://www.caclean.org/
7. Portland Oregon Follow the Money at
http://www.oregonfollowthemoney.org/CampaignReform/Portland/portlandoverview.htm
8. Clean Elections in Albuquerque at http://www.democracymatters.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lgLUIXOwGnF&b=3781543&ct=4972735
9. Pennsylvania groups
- Common Cause PA - http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.aspc=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4846315
- Committee of Seventy - http://www.seventy.org/COS_HM_Home.aspx
- Democracy Rising PA - http://www.democracyrisingpa.com.
- PennPIRG - http://www.pennpirg.org
- Election Reform Network - http://www.electionreformnetwork.us/
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FACT SHEETS ON CLEAN ELECTIONS

1. Public Campaign Fact Sheets on the Money's Effect on the Political Process at
http://www.publicampaign.org/fact-sheets
2. Democracy North Carolina Info Sheets on Clean Elections at
http://www.democracy-nc.org/nc/voeact/default.shtml
3. Democraty North Carolina Fact Sheets at
http://www.democracy-nc.org/Factsheets.shtml
4. Maine Clean Election Fact Sheets at
http://www.mainecleanelections.org/factsheets.html
5. Arizona Clean Elections at http://www.azcleanelections.gov/home.aspx
6. Minnesota Partial Public Financing at http://www.uvm.edu/~vlrs/PoliticalProcess/MinnesotaPublicFinancing.pdf
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