New Jersey 2007 Clean Election Pilot Project

The Fund for New Jersey supports Eagleton’s monitoring of the 2007 Clean Elections Pilot Project
New Jersey’s second effort to provide public funding for candidates in legislative races is the focus of a NJ Project study supported by a grant from The Fund for New Jersey. The research will help to assess the implementation of pilot project currently underway in Districts 14, 24 and 37.

The monitoring will build on Eagleton’s experience in assessing the 2005 pilot project. That study included surveys in the pilot project districts to determine citizen attitudes and knowledge about clean elections, as well as analysis of newspaper coverage and campaign materials of the clean election districts. For the 2007 study, a Citizen Advisory Committee will provide perspectives, advice and informed evaluation of the second pilot project.

Eagleton seeks Partners in Monitoring Clean Elections
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The New Jersey Fair and Clean Elections Pilot Project in Brief
(adapted from www.njcleanelections.com, the site provided by the Election Law Enforcement Commission.)

The 2007 New Jersey Fair and Clean Elections Pilot Project Act creates a pilot project for the public financing of candidates seeking election to the offices of Senate and General Assembly in three districts – 14‚ 24 and 37. Click on the district to see the towns in the district. This expanded legislation is the continuation of a pilot project that took place in two legislative districts – the 6th and the 13th – for General Assembly candidates in the 2005 general election.

It institutes a voluntary‚ publicly funded campaign finance system for legislative office and is designed to remove access to large contributions‚ which is a major impediment to a citizen’s influence within the political process.

A Fair and Clean Candidate in the 2007 general election must raise between 400 and 800 contributions of $10 each from registered voters within the district. Any candidate who meets this requirement and who refuses to accept contributions from other sources is eligible to receive public financing under the Clean Elections Act.

Contribute to a candidate’s qualifying fund if you live in a Clean Election District – 14, 24, 37.
   Candidates’ contact information and how to contribute available here