Citizens Clean Elections Commission

What Citizens Clean Elections Commission does

The Citizens Clean Elections Commission is an independent state agency of Arizona, established in 1998 under the Arizona Clean Elections Act (A.R.S. 16-940 et seq.). It administers public financing for qualifying statewide and legislative candidates, enforces campaign finance and election-related rules, and provides nonpartisan voter education to Arizona's approximately 4.3 million registered voters. The agency serves all 30 Arizona legislative districts and statewide offices, operating from three Phoenix offices located at the Arizona State Capitol, 1400 W. Washington St., and 1110 W. Washington St. Suite 250.

The Commission's product suite is digital and self-service, hosted at azcleanelections.gov. It includes the Voter Dashboard, Candidate Compass, Candidate Portal, an E-Qual electronic petition and contribution system, Ballot Tracking, a campaign finance reporting platform, and a mobile application that delivers district-specific election information. The technology stack integrates with the Arizona Secretary of State's election administration systems and supports the Active Early Voting List (AEVL). All services are provided free of charge to voters and candidates; the agency does not operate in any commercial market.

The Commission's revenue model is non-commercial: it is funded through the Citizens Clean Elections Fund, which is supplied by voluntary tax check-off contributions, civil fines, and statutory public deposits. There are no subscription fees, no advertising, no transactional revenue, and no paying customers. The agency functions as a statutory regulator and civic-information provider rather than a market participant.

Name

Citizens Clean Elections Commission

Legal name

Citizens Clean Elections Commission

Website

https://azcleanelections.gov

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Citizens Clean Elections Commission is an Arizona state agency, established in 1998 under the Clean Elections Act, that administers public campaign financing for candidates and provides nonpartisan voter education to all Arizona voters across the state's 30 legislative districts and statewide offices.

Ownership category

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Product category

Election Administration

akta.pro primary industry

City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ)

Keywords

• Election administration
• Campaign finance regulation
• Voter education services
• Clean elections funding
• Civic engagement platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Citizens Clean Elections Fund: Public funding program for statewide and legislative candidates who agree to forgo special interest and high dollar contributions. Candidates qualify by collecting minimum $5 qualifying contributions from voters. Funded through the Citizens Clean Elections Fund which receives money from various sources including voluntary contributions, fines, and other deposits.

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Core offering

The Citizens Clean Elections Commission administers Arizona's Clean Elections Act by providing non-partisan voter education tools and public campaign financing for qualifying statewide and legislative candidates. Its core offerings include voter-facing platforms (Voter Dashboard, Candidate Compass, Ballot Tracking, Clean Elections mobile app) and candidate-facing systems (Candidate Portal, E-Qual petition and $5 contribution system, Campaign Finance Enforcement and audit platform). All services are provided free of charge to Arizona voters and participating candidates.

Product overview

Citizens Clean Elections Commission provides a suite of voter education and campaign finance services for Arizona elections, including the Voter Dashboard, Candidate Compass, and Clean Elections App for voters, combined with the Candidate Portal, E-Qual System, and Campaign Finance Enforcement platform for candidates. The core offering centers on non-partisan voter education tools and the Clean Elections funding program that provides public financing to participating candidates who collect $5 qualifying contributions from voters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Voter Dashboard Personalized voter information tool that provides district-specific election information, polling locations, registration status, and ballot tracking for Arizona voters.
• Candidate Compass Voter education tool that helps voters learn about and compare candidates running for office in Arizona elections.
• E-Qual System Online portal allowing registered voters to securely sign candidate nomination petitions and contribute $5 qualifying contributions electronically to Clean Elections candidates.
• Ballot by Mail System

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 80-89% of Arizona voters choose to vote by mail, demonstrating high adoption of the Active Early Voting List system
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Emerging players

• Ballotpedia: Ballotpedia is a nonpartisan digital encyclopedia providing candidate, ballot measure, and election information across U.S. elections, including Arizona. It serves an overlapping voter education function with the Commission's Candidate Compass and Voter Education Guide.
• Voting Information Project / Democracy Works (TurboVote): Democracy Works builds civic technology tools (including TurboVote) that provide voter registration, ballot tracking, and election information to voters — overlapping with the Commission's Voter Dashboard and ballot tracking tools in functionality and target user.

Others

• Arizona Secretary of State Elections Division: The Arizona Secretary of State's Elections Division co-administers the E-Qual system and campaign finance reporting infrastructure that the Citizens Clean Elections Commission depends on. It is a critical partner and adjacent government body rather than a competitor, but functionally intertwined with the Commission's operations.

Direct peers

• Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission: Connecticut's SEEC administers the state's Citizens' Election Program public campaign financing system and enforces campaign finance laws. Directly comparable to the Arizona Commission in mandate — clean elections funding combined with enforcement and voter education.
• Texas Ethics Commission: The Texas Ethics Commission administers and enforces Texas laws on campaign finance, lobby registration, and personal financial disclosure for state officials. Comparable as a state-level campaign finance regulatory body, though without Arizona's public candidate funding component.
• New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission: NJ ELEC administers and enforces New Jersey's campaign finance and lobbying disclosure laws, including gubernatorial public financing programs. Directly comparable to Arizona's Commission as a state-level body with both campaign finance regulation and public financing responsibilities.
• Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices: Maine's ethics commission administers the state's Maine Clean Election Act public funding program for candidates, performs campaign finance enforcement, and conducts voter education. It is a direct functional peer to Arizona's Commission, with an analogous clean-elections public financing model.

Broad incumbents

• New York State Board of Elections: New York's bipartisan state election administration agency oversees campaign finance reporting, voter education, and election administration for state and federal races within New York. Comparable as a state-level body responsible for campaign finance oversight and voter-facing election services.
• Federal Election Commission: The FEC is the federal-level independent regulatory agency that administers and enforces campaign finance law for federal elections. Comparable as a campaign finance enforcement and disclosure body, though it operates at the federal rather than state level.
• California Fair Political Practices Commission: The California FPPC administers and enforces California's Political Reform Act, including campaign finance disclosure and public financing programs. It is the most analogous state-level election/campaign finance regulatory body to Arizona's Citizens Clean Elections Commission, operating under a similar statutory mandate with broader scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

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Customer concentration

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