"It's (Clean Elections) a good way of giving government back to the people. It lets people who are not well-connected run for the legislature."
- Republican Maine Senator Ed Youngblood.
Get Involved!
Tell Alaska You Support Clean Elections
Use your voice to be heard. Write letters to the editor, call in to radio talk shows, write letters to elected officials.
Does your Senator or Representative support Clean Elections for Alaska?
Call your elected officials today and tell them you support Clean Elections and want them to run as a "Clean Elections candidate" in 2010! See who is running in 2008.
Contact us - if you need more information to help you write a letter. We're happy to help!
Volunteer
We have lots of ways you can help. Learn more about our volunteer opportunities online.Alaskans for Clean Elections (ACE) needs two things: Volunteers and Money.
Volunteering can come in many forms.
Organizations can offer to support Clean Elections in a number of ways including the following:
- Include articles about Clean Elections in your newsletter;
- Forward Alaskans for Clean Elections Action Alerts to your e-mail list;
- Include a question about Clean Elections in your candidate questionnaire if you do candidate endorsements;
- Put a link on your website to this one.
Individuals also have a variety of ways to help Alaskans for Clean Elections besides donating:
- Sign the initiative petition and encourage your friends and family to sign!
- Sign up for our e-mail action alert list by sending us an e-mail or filling out the form at the bottom of this page;
- Send a letter to the editor of your local paper in support of Clean Elections;
- Let your state legislators know you support Clean Elections;
- Put a link on your website (if you have one) to this one;
- Forward our action alerts to your friends and family.
- VOTE FOR CLEAN ELECTIONS!
Link to Us!
Place this banner on your website and link it to www.alaskacleanelections.org
Donate
It costs money to fight the special interests who don't want Clean Elections in our state. Contribute today."It's a good way of giving government back to the people. It lets people who are not well-connected run for the legislature."
- Republican Maine Senator Ed Youngblood.
The simple truth is that campaigning is expensive, and candidates will get the money someplace. Far better that the public, not special interests, put up the bucks.
- USA Today editorial
"Today, big money interests decide who can run for office and what issues they can raise. Only full public financing can change that."
- Dolores Huerta, Co-founder, United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO
"[Public financing is] the difference between being able to go out and spend your time talking with voters, meeting with groups and traveling to communities that have been underrepresented in the past, as opposed to being on the phone selling tickets to a $250 a plate fundraiser."
- Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano (D)