Clean Money is the law in four states. Close to 200 candidates are running under a Clean Money system this year in Maine, Arizona and Vermont. Massachusetts will have its first election under its new law in 2002. Voters in Oregon and Missouri will be voting on ballot measures this November. Candidates for office are spending their time talking to voters rather than dialing for dollars.
Voters have more choices at the ballot box.
New people are seeking office under clean election laws, as are many incumbent officeholders. In Maine, several candidates are people who not so long ago were on welfare, or working minimum-wage jobs.