According to this AP story of October 5, Connecticut legislative leaders seem to be leaning in favor of revising the state’s public funding law for candidates for state office. The existing law was declared unconstitutional on August 27, and the state has filed a notice of appeal to the Second Circuit. But that appeal might be mooted if the legislature does reconvene next month and amend the law. The article mentions that some supporters of the public funding program now regret that when the bill passed in 2005, that a severance clause was not included. A severance clause says that if any part of a law is declared unconstitutional, the remaining parts remain valid.

The law was declared unconstitutional because it discriminates severely against independent candidates and the candidates of new political parties.