• Ensure the public’s right to know
• Combat corruption and undue influence
• Enable candidates to compete more equitably for public office, and
• Allow maximum citizen participation in the political process.

AB 583, the California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2008, proposes a pilot project to provide Clean Money — public campaign funding — to candidates for Secretary of State in the elections of 2014 and 2018. Visit the California Clean Money Campaign Web site for more information about the bill and its progress in the legislature.

We have been actively working for real campaign finance reform for several years.

See Local Campaign Finance Regulation Threatened by AB 1430.

See "Clean Money, Fair Elections" about our support of Proposition 89 and AB 583 in 2006.

• LWVUS Takes Action on Campaign Finance Reform
• LWV United States Position on Campaign Finance Reform
• LWV California Position on Campaign Finance Reform