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Polls, Endorsements, and VOE Coalition Members
VOE COALITION MEMBERS
AARP
ACORN -- Hawaii
Advocates for Consumer Rights
Americans for Democratic Action -- Hawaii
Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs
Common Cause, Washington D.C.
Conservation Council for Hawaii
Defend Oahu Coalition
Democracy for America
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee -- Hawaii
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Hawai`i Independent Democrats
Hawai`i Women's Coalition
The Interfaith Alliance Hawai`i
Kokua Council
League of Women Voters
Life of the Land
Local 5 Hawaii
Progressive Democrats of Hawai`i
Public Campaign
Sierra Club, Hawai`i Chapter
Surfrider Foundation, Oahu Chapter
University of Hawai`i Hilo (PDF)
POLLS
AARP- HAWAI`I state-wide survey
(April 13, 2005)
Q-Mark poll results "show a remarkable level of public support"
(February 2005)
VOE statement on Q-Mark poll poll results: "the public wants special-interest monies out of campaigns" (February 2005)
ENDORSEMENTS
Hawai`i U.S. Representative Neil Abercrombie endorsement letter (12/06/05)(PDF - 308k)
Hawai`i Women's Coalition Endorsement (PDF 51k)
Hawaiian Endorsement - "Clean Elections are Pono" (PDF 80k)
Big Island County Council Resolution (PDF 29k)
Hawai`i U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye Endorsement letter
(09/25/03) (PDF 147k)
Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain Embraces Arizona Clean Elections Law (PDF 47k)
Senator McCain Reaffirms Support for Clean Elections
Wisconsin Catholic Conference Endorsement (PDF 113k)
Democratic Party of Hawai`i 2004 Resolution (PDF - 197k)
Democratic Party of Hawai`i 2002 Resolution (PDF - 197k)
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"While Congress wallows in the ethical swamp where
money and politics meet, one more state just found a way out.
Voters [in Connecticut] will pay for campaigns, which might be
the bargain of the century. They'll save countless dollars doled from public coffers to the
favor seekers who fund campaigns now."
-- USA TODAY EDITORIAL
”Public financing is the difference
between being able to go out and spend your time talking
with voters, meeting with groups, . . . traveling to communities
that have been under-represented in the past, as opposed
to being on the phone selling tickets to a $250 a plate
fundraiser.” -- Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano,
elected under Arizona's Voter Owned Elections program
“We Clean Elections [Voter Owned Elections]
pioneers are a more independent bunch, especially because
we’re not worrying about how we’re going
to raise the big bucks to win our next race. Lobbyists
for special interests tend to spend less time with us,
which makes it easier to get through the Capitol halls
in time for a vote.” -- Glenn Cummings, & Ed Youngblood, Maine State legislators,
elected using Voter Owned Elections
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