judicial public financing
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Apr03
WV House Passes Legislation to Make Permanent Judicial Clean Elections System
The West Virginia House of Delegates passed legislation Wednesday to make permanent the state’s judicial public financing system for elections to the state's highest court, the Supreme Court of Appeals. HB 2085 passed the House on a vote of 70 to 29.
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Sep10
West Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Trigger Provisions in Judicial Public Financing Case
Last Friday, the West Virginia State Supreme Court unanimously rejected a judicial candidate's appeal for the release of trigger funds. The state's pilot progam in judicial public financing provides and initial grant allows for additional public funds to be disbursed to a participating candidate if they face a privately financed candidate who spends at a certain level.
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Oct12
Clips Round-up for 10/12/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Election Reform
A letter in Kansas talks about the influence of Wall Street on our political process. "Getting rid of the influence of large contributions, big money bundlers and contributions by lobbyists is possible. However, true campaign finance reform will require a broad-based mass movement demanding a law similar to the Fair Elections Now Act (S. 750, H.R. 1404)."
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Jul26
Clips round-up for 7/26/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
The one-percent solution
More from the Boston Review forum on campaign finance reform. The Campaign Finance Institute's Michael Malbin writes on increasing participation with public matching funds.
Fair Elections
And former Sen. Warren Rudman writes that Fair Elections is the solution.
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