2011 ARCHIVE
Feature Stories:
Usually Reserved with Guest Alison Smith, Community Television Network, 12/12/2011
Big Talk: Clean Elections, MCCE's Andrew Bossie on Maine Politics, 12/11/2011
MCCE Executive Director Andrew Bossie on 560 WGAN Radio, 11/30/2011
Meet 15 Extraordinary People Transforming th Way We Live, YES! Magazine, November 2011
Alison Smith: Elections Money Can't Buy, YES! Magazine, November 2011
The Group Behind the Republican Takeover, The Progressive, November 2011
Keeping It Clean: Maine's Fight for Fair Elections, YES! Magazine, 10/27/2011
Press Clips
Clean Elections Law Battle in Maine Legislature, MPBN, 11/29/2011
Matching funds portion of Clean Elections Act in jeopardy, Bangor Daily News, 11/29/2011
Clean Election consensus sputters, advocates say law in trouble, Sun Journal, 11/29/2011
Alfred Representative Accused of Clean Election Violations, MPBN, 11/18/2011
Illegal During Watergate, Unlimited Campaign Donations Now Fair Game, NPR, 11/16/2011
Maine Clean Elections on the precipice: Program has flaws, but what happens without it?, Sun Journal, 11/6/2011
Occupy Maine touts strength in numbers, Morning Sentinel, 10/28/2011
Campaign Finance Reformers Launch Progressive Effort to Remove Money from Politics, Huffington Post, 10/26/2011
Talks stall on Maine clean elections fix, Sun Journal, 10/19/2011
Lawmakers consider fixes to Maine Clean Election law, Bangor Daily News, 10/18/2011
Maine Lawmakers Working on Clean Election Fixes, WABI-5, 10/18/2011
Maine Lawmakers Tackle Fix to Clean Election Law, MPBN, 10/18/2011
State hears 2 options to fix funding system, Kennebec Journal, 9/30/2011
A Blockbuster Case Yields an Unexpected Result, New York Times, 9/19/2011
Two options considered for Clean Election fixes, Portland Press Herald, 8/19/2011
Maine Ethics Commission Seeks Clean Election Law Fix, MPBN, 8/18/2011
Court Sides with Maine in Election Law Dispute, MPBN, 8/11/2011
LePage administration: Exclude gubernatorial candidates from Clean Elections law, Sun Journal, 7/29/2011
Effort under way to fix Maine campaign funding law, Bangor Daily News, 7/21/2011
Judge Strikes Down Maine's Matching Funds Law, MPBN, 7/21/2011
3 views on future of Arizona's campaign finance system, Arizona Republic, 7/3/2011
Is Maine's Clean Elections law in danger?, The New Maine Times, 6/29/2011
Supreme Court ruling to affect Maine Clean Elections, Bangor Daily News, 6/28/2011
Campaign finance law fixes needed in Maine after high court ruling, Portland Press Herald, 6/28/2011
Supreme Court ruling leaves Maine elections law in doubt, Portland Daily Sun, 6/28/2011
High court decision to impact Maine clean elections law, Lewiston Sun Journal, 6/28/2011
Supreme Court Ruling Weakens Maine Clean Election Law, MPBN, 6/27/2011
Clean Election ruling, WGME, 6/27/2011
Justices Strike Down Campaign Finance Law, New York Times, 6/27/2011
Sandra Day O'Connor Worries About SCOTUS's New Tack on Campaign Finance, Slate, 6/27/2011
Maine House Votes Down Effort to Repeal State's Clean Election Law, MPBN, 6/14/2011
Lawmakers set to double donor limits for gubernatorial candidates, Sun Journal, 6/14/2011
House retains public financing of elections, Village Soup, 6/14/2011
Maine Gubernatorial Campaign Limits Bill Headed for Signing, MPBN, 6/10/2011
State House Notebook: Election fund changes stir debate, Portland Press Herald, 6/6/2011
Bill would allow Maine gubernatorial hopefuls to raise more cash, Bangor Daily News, 6/2/2011
Panel to review campaign spending legislation, Morning Sentinel, 5/17/2011
Super PAC or Pack of Trouble?, Wall Street Journal, 5/16/2011
Bills Would Weaken - or Eliminate - Maine's Clean Election Act, MPBN, 5/11/2011
LePage budget puts MPBN on chopping block, Bangor Daily News, 5/11/2011
LePage drops cut to Clean Election funding, Kennebec Journal, 5/11/2011
Maine voter poll: Keep Clean Elections, Portland Press Herald, 5/10/2011
Revenue shortfall triggers changes, Portland Press Herald, 5/7/2011
Pingree Proposes Federal Campaign Finance Reform, MPBN, 4/7/2011
A Case of National Interest: Damariscotta Firm Defends Clean Elections, The Lincoln County News, 4/6/2011
PACs of Maine Legislative Leaders Come Under Scrutiny, MPBN, 3/29/2011
Supreme Court skeptical about Arizona's campaign finance law, Washington Post, 3/29/2011
Supreme Court, Legislature set sights on Clean Elections program, Bangor Daily News, 3/29/2011
Clean Elections Law in Maine Under Fire, MBPN, 3/28/2011
Legislators debate the future of Clean Elections, WLBZ, 3/28/2011
National Organization for Marriage appeals ruling requiring release of donor list, Bangor Daily News, 3/3/2011
Libby takes aim at clean election funding, Journal Tribune, 2/25/2011
Ethics Commission levies fine against GOP group, Morning Sentinel, 2/18/2011
Bill targets Clean Elections Act, Portland Press Herald, 2/17/2011
Bills Would Restrict Maine Clean Election Funds, MPBN, 2/16/2011
Proposed bills would limit taxpayer funds for campaigns, Bangor Daily News, 2/16/2011
Maine bills would curb tax dollars to campaigns, Boston Globe, 2/16/2011
The Death of Public Campaign Financing, The Atlantic, 1/31/2011
Questions Linger About Role of Out-of-State Money in Maine Election, MPBN, 1/27/2011
Ethics panel seeking donor names, Portland Press Herald, 1/21/2011
Campaign finance ruling: Should Supreme Court justices recused themselves?, Christian Science Monitor, 1/20/2011
Editorials
Legislature needs to support Clean Elections early on, Journal Tribune, 12/8/2011
Government as commodity, The Times Record, 12/5/2011
Our View: Campaign finance law should be updated, Portland Press Herald, 11/9/2011
Saving Maine's Clean Elections protects independent thinking, Bangor Daily News, 10/28/2011
Perserving citizenship leadership, Lewiston Sun Journal, 10/27/2011
Our View: Clean Election system needs overhaul, Portland Press Herald, 10/1/2011
Our View: Minor changes won't fix Clean Elections ailment, Portland Press Herald, 8/22/2011
No Match for Clean, Bangor Daily News, 7/27/2011
Mainers support Clean Elections funds, fair races, Journal Tribune, 7/2/2011
Let's do what's right for Maine, Times Record, 6/29/2011
Supreme Court tips scales for wealthy politicians, Lewiston Sun Journal, 6/29/2011
Clean Elections go through the wringer, Bangor Daily News, 6/29/2011
High court deals public campaign financing a heavy blow, Washington Post, 6/28/2011
Maine Clean Elections law will need full review, Portland Press Herald, 6/28/2011
We don't need more money to select governor, Lewiston Sun Journal, 6/5/2011
Reopening cash spigot a bad idea, The Times Record, 6/4/2011
Campaign changes need debate, Bangor Daily News, 6/3/2011
The Nation: Curbing Campaign Cash, The Nation, 5/23/2011
Clean Election Fund not a piggy bank, Portland Press Herald, 5/11/2011
Improving Clean Elections, The Times Record, 4/20/2011
Arizona's election law is best left alone, Los Angeles Times, 3/31/2011
Court should uphold Arizona campaign law, Washington Post, 3/27/2011
Our View: Campaign crimes point to lessons for future, Portland Press Herald, 3/23/2011
Supporting Clean Election fund keeps politics fair, Journal Tribune, 3/18/2011
Clean Elections doesn't deserve GOP attempts to make it illegal, Arizona Daily Sun, 3/18/2011
Clean election check-off, Bangor Daily News, 2/28/2011
Trashing the Lessons of Watergate, New York Times, 2/26/2011
Our View: Governor's races should stay in Clean Elections, Portland Press Herald, 2/18/2011
Clean Legislature, Bangor Daily News, 2/16/2011
A look back at the week's news (Check YES!), Lewiston Sun Journal, 2/12/2011
Watergate? What's That?, New York Times, 1/22/2011
Op-Eds
Clean Elections: The people have spoken, Former State Senator Ed Youngblood, Bangor Daily News, 12/30/2011
State can't afford welfare for politicans, Representatives David Johnson and Doug Damon, Bangor Daily News, 12/16/2011
Clean Elections can survive, but leadership PACs shouldn't, Doug Rooks, Sun Journal, 12/4/2011
GOP may get last word on Maine Clean Election funds, Bill Nemitz, Portland Press Herald, 11/30/2011
MAINE COMPASS: Big money wields too much power over our election system, Andrew Campbell, Morning Sentinel, 11/20/2011
Democracy for the 99%, Nick Nyhart, Huffington Post, 11/18/2011
More Money Can Beat Big Money, Lawrence Lessig, New York Times, 11/16/2011
Five steps toward better elections, Amy Fried, Bangor Daily News, 11/9/2011
To kill Clean Elections, do nothing, David Farmer, Bangor Daily News, 10/27/2011
Lawmakers must hear from the public on Clean Elections, Rep. Terry Hayes, Village Soup, 10/22/2011
Maine Clean Elections at Crossroads, Mike Tipping, DownEast.com, 10/21/2011
How to repair Clean Elections, Ed Youngblood, Bangor Daily News, 10/15/2011
Maine Voices: Clean Election law not dead yet, Alison Smith, Maine Sunday Telegram, 9/4/2011
Public funding of elections works and it's constitutional, Alison Smith, Bangor Daily News, 7/29/2011
Burden returns to people to guarantee Clean Elections, David Farmer, Bangor Daily News, 7/28/2011
Democracy of Voters, Not Dollars, Adam Skaggs (Brennan Center), Huffington Post, 7/13/2011
Making Political Office the Exclusive Domain of the Wealthy, Fred Markham, The Bradenton Times, 7/13/2011
Clean Elections ruling will chill speech, not protect it, Greg Kesich, Portland Press Herald, 6/29/2011
The Supreme Court's continuing defense of the powerful, E.J. Dionne, Jr., Washington Post, 6/29/2011
Congress needs Fair Elections Now, Rep. Chellie Pingree, The Hill, 6/27/2011
Maine Voices: No good answers to conflict over free speech, campaign funding, Cush Anthony, Portland Press Herald, 6/10/2011
Clean Elections system works, James Annis and Tina Baker, Bangor Daily News, 6/6/2011
Comprehensive polling shows wide support for Clean Elections, Mike Tipping, Kennebec Journal, 5/22/2011
Let's End the Secret Money Arms Race, Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation, 5/15/2011
Bottom line is Mainers like Clean Elections, Bill Nemitz, Portland Press Herald, 5/11/2011
Full Disclosure, Norman Ornstein, The New Republic, 5/7/2011
Why the GOP should support publicly funded campaigns, Alan Simpson, Washington Post, 5/5/2011
Cowardly Lion meets the First Amendment, Brenda Wright, Village Soup, 5/3/2011
Money in politics: 'The issue of our time', Ann Luther, The Times Record, 4/29/2011
Why Washington Isn't Working for the American People, Bob Kerrey, Huffington Post, 4/11/2011
Demonizing political equality, Tara Malloy, The National Law Journal, 4/11/2011
Money Talks, Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 4/11/2011
McComish, the Supreme Court and the Fiesta Bowl Scandal, Doug Kendall, HuffPost, 4/4/2011
Clean Elections Act is under siege, Douglas Rooks, The Times Record, 3/31/2011
Free Speech Worth Paying For, Charles Fried and Cliff Sloan, New York Times, 3/25/2011
Rich Candidate Expected To Win Again, Richard Hasen, Slate, 3/25/2011
Clean Elections Funds work, leave program alone, Charlie Bernstein, Kennebec Journal, 3/6/2011
When Democracy Weakens, Bob Herbert, New York Times, 2/11/2011
From Anatole France to the Cowardly Lion: Supreme Court and the Distortion of the First Amendment, Brenda Wright, American Constitution Society Blog, 1/24/2011
Maine Voices: Gov. LePage goes beyond the minimum on disclosing contributions, Michelle Small, Portland Press Herald, 1/21/2011
Changes in political structure could benefit Maine Republicans, Mike Tipping, Kennebec Journal, 1/2/2011
Letters-to-the-Editor
Clean works, Donna M. Gilbert, Bangor Daily News, 12/27/2011
Clean system works, Sean Weber, Bangor Daily News, 10/29/2011
Why go backwards? Jenni LaChance, Bangor Daily News, 10/24/2011
Campaign finance reform will come from the people, Kerry Holmes, Morning Sentinel, 8/4/2011
Contempt for public, John Brautigam, Bangor Daily News, 6/10/2011
Clean Elections Fund keeps Maine voters in charge, Jess Smith, LTE, Kennebec Journal, 4/13/2011
'Yes' for Clean Elections, Meredith Hunt, LTE, The Times Record, 4/12/2011
Supporting Clean Elections, Deborah Moran, Lewiston Sun Journal, 3/27/2011
Clean Election fund deserves taxpayer checkoff, Tracie Reed, Portland Press Herald, 3/26/2011
Check "Yes" for Clean Elections, Ira Bittues, Twin City Times, 3/23/2011
Check yes for Clean Elections, Cody Perkins, The Forecaster, 3/14/2011
Support Clean Election Fund, Phil Bailey, Ellsworth American, 3/8/2011
Maine should keep backing Clean Elections, Matt Moonen, Portland Press Herald, 3/1/2011
Good deal for us all, Ariel Kernis, Lewiston Sun Journal, 2/19/2011
'Yes' for clean elections, Harris Parnell, Times Record, 2/17/2011
Checking 'yes' for Clean Elections Fund, Carla Hopkins, Kennebec Journal, 2/13/2011
Mistake to lower Maine standards to federal level, Elery Keene, Kennebec Journal, 2/12/2011
Clean Election laws allow way to fight special interests, Jill Ward, Portland Press Herald, 2/8/2011
Yes to keep it clean, Ann Luther, Bangor Daily News, 2/4/2011
Voices of the People, Beth Edmonds, Times Record, 1/21/2011
