New Jersey Libertarian Jason Scheurer has qualified for public funding under New Jersey’s new pilot program for “Clean Elections” in legislative races. The pilot program only exists in 3 legislative districts. Scheurer needed $10 contributions from at least 400 voters in his district. It has been confirmed that he has more than 417. He knocked on 8,000 doors in order to achieve this. Thanks to ThirdPartyWatch for this news. The New Jersey pilot program is discriminatory. Scheurer will receive at least $21,893, but if he were a Republican or a Democrat, he would have received many times more money. The ACLU lawsuit against the discriminatory aspects of the Connecticut “clean elections” law (which doesn’t start until 2008) is still pending. A decision is expected any day now.