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The Asbury Park Press on Saturday hit the nail on the head with its editorial on "clean elections" in New Jersey. As the editorial points out, the problems with the recent experiment in public financing were with the way the legislation was crafted, setting contribution thresholds that were too high and not providing equal funding for third-party candidates. Real campaign reform requires a real attempt at making public financing work — then, maybe, the tangle of connections that have ensnared Mayor Richard Pucci in Monroe might be prevented in the future. Read the full legislative committee report here.

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