Today’s Under the Dome reports on poll results allegedly showing public support for taxpayer funds being used for political campaigns. The poll was commissioned by the left-wing group NC Center for Voter Education – the poll results are available here. Here is the full poll question and results: Q1. North Carolina judges are elected. Current state [...]
An End to Taxpayer-Funded Political Campaigns in NC?
No sensible person would support a law compelling citizens into forced labor for a political campaign - including campaigns of candidates with whom they disagree. So why does North Carolina compel citizens to fork over their tax money to political campaigns, without even allowing them to choose which candidates their tax dollars support? After all, our [...]
NC’s Welfare for Politicians Scheme Beginning to Unravel
A ruling by a federal judge struck a blow to North Carolina’s system of taxpayer-funded political campaigns. A federal judge struck down part of North Carolina’s public campaign financing system, following in the footsteps of other cases that link political money to free speech. U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan issued her ruling Friday after the [...]
Taxpayer-Financed Campaign Funds Drying Up
WRAL has this update into the current state of the public campaign finance fund – a topic my Civitas colleague Matt Willoughby wrote about in early Feb. – which appears to have dwindled down to only half a million dollars. The state first funded a voter-owned elections pilot in 2008 for candidates running for state auditor, [...]
Welfare for Politicians Must Go
The Gaston Gazette and Charlotte Observer both published versions of my article re-visiting the issue of taxpayer-funded political campaigns. There were rumors that lawmakers may consider taking a closer look at ridding North Carolina of this immoral system of coercion during the current July session. Here’s hoping they take a long look at dismantling this [...]
