According to this story, the Connecticut legislature may suspend the public funding program for 2016. The Connecticut public funding law, passed in 2005, is the most unjust public funding law ever passed in any state. Nominees of parties that polled 20% for Governor in the preceding election easily qualify with a limited number of private campaign donations. But independent candidates, and the nominees of new parties, need a petition of 20% of the last vote cast, in addition to raising small private donations, to get equal public funding.
The U.S. District Court struck the law down, but the 2nd circuit restored it by 2-1, and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
That is the same sort of funding system that almost all political parties use, including the Socialist, Libertarian and Green.
Fortunately, the Republican and Democratic Party candidates are working with all parties and independents now under the new United Coalition.
Nobody has it as good as our team.
http://www.usparliament.org/pdc.php
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James Ogle [Republican] for USA President – California
Scot Olewine [Republican- Green Energy] for USA President – Puerto Rico
Keenan Dunham [Libertarian] for USA President – South Carolina
Miss Joy Waymire [Decline to State] for USA President – California
Andy Caffrey [Democratic] for USA President – California
Roger Nichols [Unity] for USA President – Missouri
Rhett Smith [Libertarian] for USA President – Texas
Ralph Beach [Independent] for USA President – South Carolina
James Le Sage [Humanitarian] for USA President – California
Ernest Wells [Communist] for USA President – Tennessee
Jonah Bolt [One] for USA President – North Carolina
Edlira Zeka [Democratic] for USA Senate – California
Vanessa Davis [Defender of the Republic] for President – Kentucky
Tony Jones [Republican] for USA President – Rhode Island
Tina Cook [Independent] for USA President – North Carolina
Verone Auzenne Thomas [Whig] for USA President – Louisiana
LeVonne Stone [Democratic] for USA President – California
Gail Lightfoot [Libertarian] for USA Senate – California
Mark Herd [Libertarian] for USA Senate – California
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