Testimony Archive
Each legislative session there are a number of bills relating to the Maine Clean Elections Act (MCEA) and other campaign finance reform. The Joint Standing Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs of the Maine State Legislature has jurisdiction over election law and holds hearings to receive testimony on these matters.
MCCE Testimony on Bills in the 124th Legislature (2009-2010)
- LD 1451, "An Act To Amend the Maine
Clean Election Act and the Enforcement Procedures of the Commission on
Governmental Ethics and Election Practices" (April 29, 2009)
- LD 1420,"An Act To Alter the Distribution of Maine Clean Election Act Funding to Gubernatorial Candidates" (April 29, 2009)
- LD 1380," An Act To Amend the Maine
Clean Election Laws Governing Gubernatorial Candidates" (April 13, 2009)
- LD 1250, "An Act To Amend the Maine Clean Election Act
Relating to Seed Money" (April 6, 2009)
- LD 1249, "An Act to Raise the
Campaign Contribution Limit" (April 6, 2009)
- LD 1247, "An Act to Prohibit Maine
Clean Election Act Candidates from Raising Private Campaign Funds" (April 6, 2009)
- LD 1197, "An Act To Improve the Maine Clean Election Act" (April 6, 2009)
- LD 1189, "An Act To Simplify and
Improve the Maine Clean Election Laws" (April 6, 2009)
- LD 1111, "An Act to Promote
Transparency and Accountability in Campaigns and Governmental Ethics" (April 6, 2009)
- LD 1016, "An Act To Amend the Laws
Governing Campaign Finance Reports and the Maine Clean Election Act" (April 6, 2009)
- LD 949, "An Act To Reduce the Number of Qualifying Contributions Required for Special Elections under the Maine Clean Election Act" (March 30, 2009)
- LD 948, "An Act To Reduce the Cost
of the Maine Clean Election Act" (March 30, 2009)
- LD 923, "Resolve, To Reduce Funding
to Maine Clean Election Act Candidates" (March 30, 2009)
- LD 921, "An Act To Eliminate Maine
Clean Election Act Funding for Gubernatorial Candidates" (March 30, 2009)
- LD 887, "An Act To Amend the
Reporting Requirements for Independent Expenditures for Political Campaigns" (March 23, 2009)
- LD 780,
"An Act To Increase the Amount and Number of Qualifying Contributions
under the Maine Clean Election Act" (March 16, 2009)
- LD 772,
"An Act To Increase Eligibility Requirements under the Maine Clean
Election Act" (March 16, 2009)
- LD 607,
"An Act To Amend the Maine Clean Election Act as It Relates to
Independent Expenditures" (March 16, 2009)
- LD 584, "An Act to Amend the Maine Clean Election ACt To Equalize the Qualifying Period for All Candidates and To Increase the NUmber of Required Contributions for Candidates to the Legislature" (March 16, 2009)
- LD 583, "An Act Relating to Political Action Committees" (March 23, 2009)
- LD 353, "An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of
State Government, General Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain Provisions
of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal
Years Ending June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2011" (March 3, 2009)
- LD 312, "An Act To Require Campaign Finance Reports of Independent Expenditures To Contain a Copy of An Advertisement" (February 18, 2009)
- LD 259, "An Act To Amend the Maine Clean Election Act" (March 9, 2009)
- LD 219, "An Act To Require Maine Clean Election Act
Candidates To Use Maine Vendors" (February 11, 2009)
- LD 205, "An Act to Repeal the Maine Clean Election Act" (February 4, 2009)
- LD 140, "An Act to Prohibit a Maine Clean Election Act Candidate from Participating in Political Action Committee Funding" (February 4, 2009)
- LD 105, "An Act To Increase the Allowable Contributions to
Traditionally Funded Campaigns" (February 4, 2009)
