Press Release Archive 2011
Maine Lawmakers Vote to
Remove Matching Funds for Clean Elections, Advocates Disappointed with "Do-Nothing"
Approach - 11/29/2011 (PDF)
Augusta, ME - The Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs voted 7-6 to do
nothing more than strike the matching funds portion of the Maine Clean Election
Act in order to comply with a court decision.
YES! Magazine Honors MCCE's Alison Smith - 11/22/2011 (PDF)
Portland, ME - Maine Citizens for Clean
Elections is proud to announce that board president and citizen activist,
Alison Smith, has been named by YES! Magazine as one of its 'Breakthrough 15.'
Clean Election Advocates Support
"Requalifying" Proposal as Alternative
to Matching Funds - 10/18/2011 (PDF)
Augusta, ME - Supporters urge timely
adjustments that place voters, not big donors, first and allow hard working
candidates in competitive races to have appropriate resources to run campaigns.
Maine Campaign Finance Laws Continue to be Upheld in Court - 9/7/2011 (PDF)
Portland, ME
- The National Organization for Marriage's (NOM) effort to overturn
Maine's disclosure laws was dealt another blow on Tuesday when the 1st
Circuit Court of Appeals denied NOM's request for a rehearing (see attached Order).
MCCE Names Andrew Bossie New Executive Director - 7/18/2011 (PDF)
Portland, ME - Maine
Citizens for Clean Elections (MCCE) is announcing that Andrew Bossie has
accepted the position of Executive Director of MCCE.
Supreme Court overturns matching funds in Arizona's Clean Election system - 6/27/2011 (PDF)
Portland, ME - Maine Citizens for Clean Elections (MCCE) reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the McComish v. Bennett
case today. The decision by the nation's highest court rolls back an
important provision in Arizona's Clean Election campaign finance system.
LD 659 Defeated - 6/15/2011 (PDF)
Augusta, ME - LD
659, a bill to repeal the Maine Clean Election Act, has been defeated.
Passage of LD 856 a Step Backward for Maine- 6/9/2011 (PDF)
Augusta, ME - Maine Citizens for Clean Elections
(MCCE) is calling the recent passage of LD 856 a step backward for Maine and a
nod to big money donors in the next gubernatorial election.
Vast Majority of Maine Voters Support Clean Elections: New poll shows 8 in 10 Maine voters oppose its repeal - 5/10/2011 (PDF)
Augusta, ME - As Governor LePage calls for devastating cuts to Clean Elections, new
poll results show more than 80% of Maine people say it is important to have the
citizen-initiated program in place.
Clean Election systems are
under attack in the State House and the U.S. Supreme Court - 3/25/2011 (PDF)
Augusta, ME - On Monday, March 28th, the Joint Standing Committee on
Veterans and Legal Affairs will hold hearings on eight campaign finance bills
including one that proposes a full repeal of the Maine Clean Election Act
(MCEA). At the same time, on the same day, the U.S. Supreme Court will
hear oral arguments in McComish v Bennett, the long-awaited case that
could overturn Arizona's Clean Election matching funds system and that could
have an effect on Maine's law, as well.
Mainers Stand Strong for Clean Elections - 2/17/2011 (PDF)
Augusta, ME - Dozens
of Maine people turned out to defend Maine's first-in-the-nation Clean
Elections law at legislative hearings on Wednesday.
