Arizona House panel OKs bill to end matching funds, increase disbursements
Arizona Capitol Times › June 27, 2009
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A lawsuit filed last year that targets a key element of Arizona's system of publicly funded political campaigns has yet produce a definitive conclusion in the court of law, but the litigation already has lawmakers scrambling to create a stable foundation for the 2010 election cycle.
On June 25, the House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve H2603, a bipartisan proposal to deal with the possibility that the distribution of matching funds to publicly funded candidates will barred by a federal judge.See the full content of this document
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Arizona House panel OKs bill to end matching funds, increase disbursements
The matching funds, distributed by the Clean Elections Commission, is meant to aid publicly funded candidates when their privately funded opponents exceed campaign-spending limits or benefit from expenditures from independent political groups.
Last year, attorneys from the Goldwater Instit...See the full content of this document
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