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Wisconsin: Lt. Gov. Lawton Calls for Public Financing of Elections

Submitted by Monica Rober on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 18:49

Wisconsin's Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton (D-Wisc.) is calling for the prompt passage of the Impartial Justice Bill, which would set aside public funding for state Supreme Court races.Others from both parties are echoing her sentiment."Long-time Republican campaign operative and clean elections advocate Bill Kraus also spoke in favor of the bill... “The money problem can be fixed with public financing. The Impartial Justice Bill will bring public financing fully to Supreme Court races,” Kraus said. “There is time, and we should go for it and go for it strongly.” The Badger Herald has the full story here.

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