About Clean Elections Texas - Austin

Clean Elections/Publicly Financed Elections is a way to run without having to court corporate interests. Candidates qualify by getting a reasonable number of small donations. Once qualified, they get public money to run their campaign. And they?re not allowed to raise private money after that.

In states that have this measure, it is wildly popular, but corporate interests see it as theft of their private property.
In 2005 North Carolina passed Clean Elections for judicial races. Arizona, Maine and 5 other states and a number of municipalities already have CE.

We are coordinating our efforts with Clean Election enthusiasts from Dallas who have spoken with a number of CE advocates across the country. Along with the contacts the True Courage Action Network has made, we should soon have a pretty good idea of what has worked and what hasn?t worked in organizing for public financing and we will begin formulating our plans.

We?ll be working with the Dallas and Houston and San Antonio group and others as we build our superb grassroots network of supporters who have a passion for CE and know city and county leaders in their locales. This growing network will also include organizers, Clean Election presenters, and house party hosts.