Voter Owned Hawaii is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that is working to upgrade and modernize Hawaii's outdated partial public funding option for elections. Like many other states, we'd like to create a comprehensive public funding option so that candidates can attempt to qualify to get a competitive amount of money to run for office. More
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2010 will be here before you know it
Hawaii County voters may think it is a little early to start talking about the 2010 election, but for County Council candidates considering a public funding option, now is the time, a community organizer says.
Candidates would be granted money based on a formula that considers the average amount spent by winning candidates in the last two County Council elections, minus 10 percent. Candidates wouldn't be allowed to accept any outside money.
The public funding program is capped at $300,000 for all races combined. There is about $5.5 million in the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund.
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