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Help Protect Clean Elections in Maine Past Events MOVE TO AMEND Carmen's Clean Elections Speech Maine Citizens for Clean Elections (MCCE)
Maine's Clean Elections law is
something we can all be proud of.
In 1995 a group of organizations and concerned citizens came together with a goal in mind - break the ties between wealthy special interests and our elected leaders. The Maine Citizen Leadership Fund brought together key players such as the Maine AFL-CIO, AARP, Maine Council of Senior Citizens, Maine People’s Alliance, Maine Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, Peace Action Maine and the Dirigo Alliance into a unified effort to pass the first in the nation program for public financing of elections - The Maine Clean Election Act. Hundreds of volunteers from the groups worked to gather signatures to put the MCEA on the ballot. In 1996 Maine voters passed the MCEA by a significant margin.
source – Maine Citizens for Clean Elections (MCCE)
Learn about the Maine Clean Elections Act (MCEA), by which more than half of our legislators answer only to their constituents and never have to spend any time raising money while in office. Women, young people, democrats, republicans, and non-affiliated candidates have all participated and a great majority win elections. Two supreme court decisions favoring corporate and other big money speech has made it necessary to improve and strengthen MCEA. There are three excellent bills in the present legislature plus a resolution bill to overcome Citizens United v. FEC.
Important Clean Election Bills in the 126th Maine State Legislature
An Act To Strengthen the Maine Clean Elections Act Full Text of the bill Legislative Info. about Clean Elections Bill THE MAINE CLEAN ELECTIONS ACT
An Act To Increase Transparency in Reporting of Party Committees, Political Action Committees and Ballot Question Committees Full Text of the bill Legislative Info. about Disclosure Bill
An Act To Establish Ranked-choice Voting in the State Full Text of the bill Legislative Info. about Ranked‑choice Bill
The U.S. Constitutional Amendment Resolution
Maine Legislature Joint Resolution calling for a U.S. constitutional ammendment overturning the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision Full Text of the Resolution Text of MTA Proposed Amendment Legislative Info. about Constitutional Amendment Resolution
Update - On April 30, 2013, the Maine Legislature passed the resolution for a U.S. Constitutional Amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizen's United decision. See details John Nichols: As Maine Goes...
Read the Maine Citizens for Clean Electtions Report on 2012 Maine Elections
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