Clean Elections Rhode Island is a non-profit group dedicated to passing

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in the state of Rhode Island.

Clean Elections

A clean election is a system of taxpayer-financed political campaigns. Candidates that qualify by collecting a prescribed number of signatures and $5 contributions from registered voters in their district can agree to not raise or spend any private money during the primary and general elections. Instead, a set amount of funding for the candidate's campaign is provided from the state budget. If the candidate is outspent by an opponent running a privately funded campaign, the state will provide more funding to the "clean" candidate in order to match the amount spent by the opponent, up to some multiple of the original funding. Clean elections have been implemented in

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and

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on a statewide level, as well as in

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on the municipal level, and elsewhere. Proponents of clean elections, including those involved in Clean Elections Rhode Island, believe that Clean Elections result in increased voter turnout, political transparency, and diversity of candidates, including fuller representation of women and minorities.

Rhode Island Clean Elections Act

The current goal of Clean Elections Rhode Island is to pass th
Rhode Island Clean Elections Act
(RICEA), which would implement clean elections in Rhode Island, through the Rhode Island state legislature. Introduced in spring of 2004, it has been brought before the House Finance and Senate Judiciary committees every year since, but has not yet been brought to a vote. The legislative sponsors of RICEA are Senator

Rhoda Perry Rhoda Perry was a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate, representing the 3rd District (Providence's East Side). Perry was the chairwoman of Senate Committee on Health & Human Services and a member, Senate Committee on Judiciary. Legisl ...

(D-District 3, Providence) and Representative

Edith Ajello Edith H. Ajello (born April 26, 1944 in Fanwood, New Jersey) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 1 since January 2013. Ajello served consecutively from January 199 ...

(Democrat- District 3, Providence).

Steering Committee

A steering committee for the Clean Elections Rhode Island campaign was formed in the fall of 2005. Its current members include: *

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Rhode Island * Rhode Island

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* The League of Women Voters of Rhode Island *

Operation Clean Government Operation Clean Government is a nonpartisan, nonprofit citizens' lobby and advocacy organization.Operation Clean Governm ...

* Rhode Island

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* American Association of University Women * Brown University chapter of

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Providence College Providence College is a private Catholic university in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1917 by the Dominican Order and the local diocese, it offers 47 undergraduate majors and 17 graduate programs. It requires all of its undergradua ...

chapter of

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Rhode Island elections

Clean Elections

Rhode Island Clean Elections Act

Steering Committee

See also

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