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		<title>Opponents say higher contribution limits violate Clean Elections, Voter Protection Act&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/04/19/new-arizona-campaign-contribution-limits-critics-clean-elections-voter-protection-act-violated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A provision in the 1998 ballot measure that created Arizona’s Clean Elections system may hold the key to whether the state’s new campaign contribution limits will go into effect for 2014.
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		<title>Clean Elections consolidation bill advances</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/02/27/clean-elections-consolidation-bill-advances/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/02/27/clean-elections-consolidation-bill-advances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Christie, Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Citizen's Clean Election Commission would be consolidated with the Arizona Secretary of State's office and take on added responsibilities for overseeing election law violations and lobbyist reporting under a bill approved by a Senate committee Tuesday.
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		<title>Clean Elections funding limits raised for 2014</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/02/12/az-clean-elections-funding-limits-raised-for-2014/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/02/12/az-clean-elections-funding-limits-raised-for-2014/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona's Secretary of State is adjusting funding limits for candidates using Clean Elections money to run their campaigns.
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		<title>Jan Brewer taps lawyer for Clean Elections post</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/01/23/jan-brewer-taps-lawyer-for-clean-elections-post/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/01/23/jan-brewer-taps-lawyer-for-clean-elections-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jan Brewer has appointed a longtime Phoenix lawyer and businessman to a four-year term on the state's Citizens Clean Elections Commission.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge sheds light on campaign finance ruling&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/11/05/judge-sheds-light-on-campaign-finance-ruling/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/11/05/judge-sheds-light-on-campaign-finance-ruling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Wyloge</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crane McClennen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marty Harper]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Maricopa County judge shed some light on a recent ruling that found the core of Arizona’s campaign finance laws to be unconstitutional.
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		<title>Republican Corporation Commission candidates violated rules, commission finds&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/09/27/republican-corporation-commission-candidates-violated-rules-commission-finds/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/09/27/republican-corporation-commission-candidates-violated-rules-commission-finds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican candidates for the Arizona Corporation Commission violated the rules by using hundreds of thousands of dollars that were meant to be spent in the primary to go after their Democratic general election opponents, the agency that runs the state’s public finance system agreed today.
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		<title>Quelland misses deadline for paying state fines, proposes to pay $20k&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/09/26/doug-quelland-misses-deadline-for-paying-state-clean-election-fines-proposes-to-pay-20k/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/09/26/doug-quelland-misses-deadline-for-paying-state-clean-election-fines-proposes-to-pay-20k/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former legislator Doug Quelland has failed to pay the thousands of dollars that he owes the state for violating campaign finance laws.
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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>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/02/compromise-could-scrap-ballot-measure-on-clean-elections/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/03/22/judge-dismisses-goldwater-institutes-clean-elections-lawsuit/#comments</comments>
		<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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