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		<title>Compromise could scrap ballot measure on Clean Elections</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/02/compromise-could-scrap-ballot-measure-on-clean-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Davenport, Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposed ballot measure to effectively dismantle Arizona's system that provides public money for state election candidates' campaigns would itself be scrapped under a compromise between the program's supporters and opponents.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge dismisses Goldwater Institute&#8217;s Clean Elections lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/03/22/judge-dismisses-goldwater-institutes-clean-elections-lawsuit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Arizona judge is dismissing a lawsuit accusing a state agency of illegally spending public money to promote the state's public campaign finance system.]]></description>
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		<title>Effort to gut Clean Elections one step closer to the ballot&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/27/effort-to-gut-clean-elections-one-step-closer-to-the-ballot/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/27/effort-to-gut-clean-elections-one-step-closer-to-the-ballot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate today gave preliminary approval to a ballot measure that aims to dismantle the public financing of candidates in elections. Before voters can decide the fate of the public campaign financing system, the measure still needs the full vote of the Senate and must be approved by the House of Representatives.]]></description>
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		<title>Measure to dismantle Clean Elections moves forward&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/07/measure-to-dismantle-clean-elections-moves-forward/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/07/measure-to-dismantle-clean-elections-moves-forward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opponents of Arizona’s system of publicly financing candidate campaigns secured an important victory Monday, when a panel of lawmakers approved a ballot measure to eliminate it.
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		<title>Deadline set for vacant clean elections post</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/08/01/deadline-set-for-vacant-clean-elections-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Aug. 31 deadline has been set for applicants for one vacant post on the five-member Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court labels matching funds ‘substantial burden’ to free speech&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/07/01/supreme-court-labels-matching-funds-%e2%80%98substantial-burden%e2%80%99-to-free-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona’s system of public campaign financing has been dealt a major, although expected, blow by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled June 27 that the matching funds provision of the Clean Elections Act is unconstitutional.
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		<title>Will elimination of matching funds leave a mark on state politics?&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/07/01/will-elimination-of-matching-funds-leave-a-mark-on-state-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arizona Capitol Times Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local political consultants and operatives disagree on what effect the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the matching funds component of Arizona’s public campaign finance option will have on politics.
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		<title>Ghosts of Clean Elections: Remaining law could be obstacle to increasing campaign contribution limits&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/06/20/ghosts-of-clean-elections-remaining-law-could-be-obstacle-to-increasing-campaign-contribution-limits/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/06/20/ghosts-of-clean-elections-remaining-law-could-be-obstacle-to-increasing-campaign-contribution-limits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If voters choose to permanently scrap public financing for campaigns in November 2012, proponents of higher campaign contribution limits may find themselves trying to answer a tricky question: How do you further the intent of a law that no longer exists?
<br /><br />
They’re hoping they don’t have to find out.
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		<title>Voters get final choice on dismantling Clean Elections&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/04/22/voters-get-final-choice-on-dismantling-clean-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years of having nothing to show for their legislative efforts to dismantle Arizona’s public campaign financing system, state business leaders and other opponents of Clean Elections enlisted the help of an unlikely ally.
<br /><br />
On April 18, the Senate refered SCR1025 to the 2012 ballot. The success of the measure, which would ask voters to effectively gut Arizona’s embattled 13-year-old public finance system for legislative and statewide office candidates, can largely be attributed to one of Clean Election’s most ardent supporters.
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		<title>Supreme Court skeptical of Clean Elections law&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/03/28/supreme-court-skeptical-of-clean-elections-law/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/03/28/supreme-court-skeptical-of-clean-elections-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Supreme Court will soon decide just how far a government can wade into electoral politics with the use of public campaign financing, as members of the court on Monday heard arguments from opponents and defenders of Arizona’s public campaign finance system.]]></description>
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