Press Release Archive
Maine Voters Show Strong Support for Clean
Elections - 6/3/09 (PDF)*
Poll Says Voters Want Candidates for Governor to use
Maine's Clean Election Program
Portland , ME
- Maine voters have affirmed their strong
support for the state's first-in-the nation Clean Elections system.
According
to new poll results released today by Maine Citizens for Clean Elections
(MCCE),
three out of four Maine voters said they want
candidates for governor to use Maine's
Clean Election law, and a majority say they would be more likely to vote
for a
candidate who used the Clean Election system. Click here to read Critical Insights
summary
report of poll results.
MCCE Announces New Executive Director
- 4/7/09 (PDF)*
Portland, ME - Maine Citizens for
Clean Election (MCCE) is
pleased to announce the hire of Malory Otteson Shaughnessy to serve as
the
coalition's first Executive Director.
Maine Voters Affirm Support of Public Financing System
- 8/13/08 (PDF)*
Portland, ME - Maine
voters
affirmed their strong support for the state's public financing
system for gubernatorial candidates according to poll results released
today by Maine Citizens for Clean Elections (MCCE). When asked
whether candidates for governor should use Maine's Clean Election law,
82 percent of Mainers polled said "Yes," and self-described "likely
voters" were significantly more likely to support the law than those
who do not typically vote. In addition, three-fifths of Maine
residents said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate for
governor who participated in Maine's Clean Election program.
Click here to read Critical Insights summary
report of poll results.
Clean Election Supporters Call for Full Restoration of Clean Election Fund - 2/15/06 (PDF)*
Augusta, ME - Today at the State House, citizen groups were backed by legislators in making the call for the full restoration of the Maine Clean Election Fund.
Policy Paybacks for Health Care Contributors - 8/19/04 (PDF)*
Washington, DC & Portland, ME - New report shows public health endangered by campaign contributions, but Maine's Clean Election system has reduced that impact here.
Clean Elections Candidates Win Majority of Primary Elections - 6/27/04 (PDF)*
Portland, ME - Public has more choices of candidates in 2004, most of whom took no special interest money.
