The fine folks over at Public Campaign have put together a great summary of the progress being made in pushing publicly funded elections at the state and local level. Often called Voter Owned Elections, clean elections are one way to take big money out of the campaign process. The report shows public support of clean elections for local and state races. This is helping to build a bottom-up movement dedicated to changing the way big money impacts not just local elections but eventually federal as well.

Voters given the choice chose Clean Elections candidates, demonstrating strong support at the local level for the system. That's vital because Clean Elections candidates typically meet voters one on one to discuss the issues. They must get a set number of modest donations-usually five dollars-from people in their community in order to qualify for a grant to pay for their campaign. Once qualified, the Clean Elections candidate adheres to strict spending limits and stops accepting private contributions. That means the donation from the teacher is as important as the one from the corporate CEO.

Not too shabby. Checkout their full results page for more info.