West Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Trigger Provisions in Judicial Public Financing Case

Submitted by mrober@publicampaign.org on Sep 10, 2012

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.

• judicial elections
• judicial public financing
• West Virginia
• West Virginia Supreme Court