Maine Senate Passes Bill Conforming Public Funding System to Last Year’s U.S. Supreme Court Opinion on Public Funding

On March 8, the Maine Senate passed LD 1774, which eliminates extra public funding for candidates for state office who have well-funded opponents who don’t take public funding. This step is necessary, because on June 27, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club PAC v Bennett that public funding systems can’t give extra public funds to candidates based on characteristics of the people running against that candidate.

San Francisco also has public funding for candidates, and is in the process of conforming its system to that U.S. Supreme Court ruling as well.


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