The Center for Governmental Studies has released a new report "Public Campaign Financing in North Carolina Judiciary: Balancing The Scales (2009)." "Public Campaign Financing in North Carolina Judiciary: Balancing The Scales analyzes North Carolina's judicial public campaign financing law, and concludes that North Carolina's judicial campaign finance program is a model of reform...The program insulates Court of Appeals and Supreme Court judges from the influence of contributors who may have an interest in cases before the judge and decreases the amount of time judicial candidates need to spend fundraising, therefore increasing the time candidates can spend with all voters, regardless of the voters' ability to make campaign contributions. In addition, public financing programs such as North Carolina's have been shown to increase the public's confidence in their elected officials."