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Arizona: plan calls for public financing of Superior Court races in counties not using merit selection system, however bill would eliminate public financing for all other races

• Leads global sector public financing towards cleaner energy by calling for the end of U.S. government support for public financing of new coal - fired powers plants overseas, except for the most efficient coal technology available in the world's poorest countries, or facilities deploying carbon capture and sequestration technologies; and

Community members could always push for PUBLIC financing of a school's needs or do without.

«The political realities are such that this bill probably won't advance in the Congress this year or probably next year,» said David Donnelly, co-director of Friends of Democracy, a Washington group that advocates for public financing of elections.

They point to budget negotiations last year when most thought Cuomo was in a position thanks to Moreland and continuing pressure from the US Attorney to truly campaign for public financing of elections.

Among her plans of what she'd like to accomplish once elected: Promote / support bills in Congress that adopt clean sources of energy by helping to end the intricate system of public subsidies that keep dirty sources of energy artificially cheap, and promote renewable sources: solar, wind, and hydro; Protect waterways / drinking supply by reducing the risk of contamination and ensure that when contamination is found, the responsible parties are held accountable; Fight for public financing of elections; Work every day to overturn Citizens United.

He says that reasoning leads to his support for public financing of political campaigns.

Although he's courted progressive adoration through a series of big - ticket achievements like the passage of New York's 2011 marriage equality law, he's also cut taxes for the wealthy and abandoned the liberal push for public financing of elections.

Lawmakers including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator David Carlucci are pushing for public financing of campaigns in New York State.

The mayor is also expected to propose a more generous model for public financing of elections, Mr. Phillips said.

A bill calling for public financing of general assembly campaigns was introduced in February.

During this time a number of legislators were indicted on corruption charges and advocates began a major push for public financing of campaigns.

DiNapoli, an advocate for public financing of campaigns, has said he won't opt in to the pilot program.

More broadly, and more crucially, he should push hard for the public financing of all state candidates, to provide a way for newcomers to compete with hardened incumbents and finally give voters real choices.

Hundreds gathered at the State Capitol Wednesday to rally for public financing of political campaigns.

For three years, Gov. Cuomo has voiced his support for public financing of elections.

Ms. Teachout promised to be a relentless advocate for the public financing of elections, the banning of hydraulic fracking and a reduction of income inequality.

It has struggled to meet the threshold for public financing of its campaigns.

The organization Fair Elections for NY, which is calling for public financing of campaigns, has for weeks now been trying to raise awareness about the current system by revealing the donations that state lawmakers have recieved from corporations and interest groups.

In 2014, Klein announced that the IDC would rejoin with mainline Democrats in January 2015, citing the Republican - controlled Senate's inability to pass on the DREAM Act, increase the state's minimum wage, or allow for the public financing of elections.

The money for public financing of the campaign would come from the comptroller's own unclaimed funds account.

The push for public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay to play culture.

Apparently in response to her withdrawal, Cruz Bustamante endorsed her plan for public financing of election campaigns, an intended anti-corruption measure.

Lembo referred to a report by the Center for Public Integrity, which said Kennedy's 2014 campaign illustrates «the deterioration of [Connecticut's] system for public financing of political campaigns.»

The money for the public financing of the campaign would come from the Comptroller's own unclaimed funds account.

Senate Democrats, who are the minority party in that house, held a news conference with government reform advocates to push for public financing of campaigns, a bill Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson says will lessen the influence of big money special interests in politics.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos would rather spend money earmarked for the public financing of state political campaigns go to education, reiterating his opposition to a measure introduced by Speaker Sheldon Silver in the Assembly on Tuesday.

Assembly members did not require state public officials convicted of public corruption to forfeit their pensions and it also ignored Cuomo's pitch for public financing of campaigns.

In return for disbanding the commission, lawmakers tweaked the bribery statute, created a new class of public corruption offenses, brought an independent enforcer to the state's Board of Elections and established a pilot program, roundly criticized, for public financing of elections.

A version of this article appears in print on May 23, 2013, on Page A25 of the New York edition with the headline: Donors Urge Cuomo to Press for Public Financing of State Campaigns.

Advocates for the public financing of political campaigns on Tuesday released letters sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the top legislative leaders in the Assembly and senate urging them to include a public financing program in the state budget.

This argument was repeated by a lot of the supporters of the pay raise, and it is basically the same argument that is used for public financing of campaigns: to increase the field of candidates and bring more political outsiders into the mix.

Both Foley and Malloy have qualified for public financing of $ 6.5 million for their general - election campaigns.

And legislation on the table for PUBLIC FINANCING of campaigns.

He was the first and only candidate in the state to participate in a pilot program for the public financing of elections, which Mr. DiNapoli supports.

Several unions that are pushing for public financing of campaigns call the contributions «legal bribery.»

Advocates for public financing of campaigns and advocates of abortion rights are entering the final push for passage of the measures, and are using a variety of tactics to spur action in the state Senate.

Governor Cuomo also, for the first time, is requesting a budget line for public financing of campaigns, though he has not yet filled in the details of a dollar amount or funding source.

Citizen Action and other groups are pushing for public financing of campaigns as part of the reforms.

There's a continuing push for public financing of campaigns, arguing it removes the influence of big money and allows challengers who would have trouble raising money to run.

The push for public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay - to - play culture.

The budget included only a pilot program for the public financing of political campaigns and just for the state comptroller's race.

The Public Campaign Action Fund pushed hard during the legislative session and the budget negotiating process for the public financing of political campaigns.

There are other differences as well, including Cuomo's support for the public financing of political campaigns, which the Assembly supports and the Senate does not.

The budget would create a public matching system for the public financing of the state's comptroller race as a pilot program in the public protection, general government portion of the budget.

Jonathan Soros, an advocate for the public financing of campaigns, has hosted a fundraiser for Teachout.

Hundreds gathered at the state Capitol to rally for public financing of political campaigns.

Senator Gustavo Rivera (D - Bronx) introduced an amendment for public financing of elections to a bill authorizing lever machines for run - off elections.

The groups pushing today for the closure of the loophole have also been full - throated in their support for the public financing of political campaigns.

NYPIRG formally protested the decision to block advocates for public financing of political campaigns from room in a letter to the Committee on Open Government.