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MCCE is a nonpartisan organization that works in the public interest to advocate for, increase public support for, defend and improve the Maine Clean Election Act and related campaign finance law. 
The only way to defeat organized money is with organized people.
- Bill Moyers


Sign the Petition: SUPPORT CLEAN ELECTIONS!


Tell lawmakers you want a strong Clean Elections system that works for Maine voters, not big donors!  Read the latest news and click here to learn more about why doing nothing will harm Maine's landmark law:

  • Maine's Clean Election Act works, and deserves support, Nolan Reichl, Bar Harbor Times, 1/26/2012
  • Lawmakers should enact option for clean elections, Alison Smith (LTE), Maine Sunday Telegram, 1/22/2012
  • Legislature has to address changes to the Maine Clean Election Act, Bangor Daily News, 1/20/2012
  • Our View: Lawmakers should fix, not gut, Clean Elections, Editorial, Portland Press Herald, 1/15/2012
  • Our Opinion: Candidates rate second chance to earn 'clean' funds, Editorial, Kennebec Journal, 1/15/2012
  • Clean Elections: The people have spoken, Frmr State Senator Ed Youngblood, Bangor Daily News, 12/30/2011

    • Maine Clean Elections post-McComish

  • Read MCCE's comments to the Ethics Commission on Post-­McComish changes to Maine law - 8/10/2011
  • MCCE reacts to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the McComish v. Bennett. The decision rolls back an important provision in Arizona's Clean Election campaign finance system.  Read full release...
  • READ MORE on the McComish case, including MCCE's amicus brief rejecting claim that matching funds "chill" First Amendment rights
  • Read MCCE President Alison Smith's op-ed on the success of our law and how we will make it stronger post-McComish, Portland Press Herald, 9/4/2011

    • Alison Smith Receives National Recognition

    MCCE's Alison Smith named one of YES! Magazine's 'Breakthrough 15' for her work on Clean Elections.   Alison Smith

  • Read YES! Magazine feature story - Meet 15 Extraordinary People Transforming the Way We Live
  • Read YES! Magazine Alison's profile - Alison Smith: Elections Money Can't Buy - How a quiet, stay at home mom became a Clean Elections champion
  • Read YES! Magazine's article on Maine's Clean Election system and why the fight to keep our landmark law is more important than ever

    • IN THE NEWS:

    Why campaign spending rules hurt small business, David Brodwin, CNN, 1/26/2012

    Clean Elections and You, Rep. Andrew O'Brien, Village Soup, 1/24/2012

    Campaign funds shouldn't buy policy, LTE, Cushman Anthony, Forecaster, 1/23/2012

    58% Say U.S. Needs New Campaign Finance Laws, Rasmussen Reports, 1/22/2012

    Eleven Shocking Facts about Campaign Finance, The Nation, 1/20/2012

    Survey: Campaign finance reform could be major 2012 issue, Campaigns & Elections, 1/19/2012

    Most Midcoast Incumbents Planning to Seek Reelection Come November, The Free Press, 1/19/2012

    Portland Council takes stand against corporate personhood, Portland Press Herald, 1/18/2012

    Portland councilors want city to support overturning of 'corporate personhood' ruling, Bangor Daily News, 1/14/2012

    Lawmakers Disagree on How to Fix Maine's Clean Elections Law, MPBN, 1/9/2012

    Committee kills bill on Clean Election exemption for governor candidates, Bangor Daily News, 1/5/2012

    Committee rejects plan to end public funding for governor candidates, but debate may not be over, Lewiston Sun Journal, 1/5/2012

    Three Campaign-Finance Lawsuits on the Heels of Citizens, The National Law Journal, 1/3/2012

    Citizen Bopp, The American Prospect, 1/2/2012