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Public Financing Comes to Wisconsin Supreme Court
Prompted by escalating campaign spending and the increasing use of attack ads, Wisconsin state legislators and Gov. Jim Doyle have enacted a bill to provide public financing for the Supreme Court’s candidates. Would-be justices would qualify for the funds by agreeing to limit spending and by raising small sums totaling between $5,000 …
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Posted in The FactCheck Wire
Tagged courts, Louis Butler, Mike Gableman, public financing, Wisconsin Supreme Court
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What is Public Financing?
Q: What is public financing? A: It’s the system under which candidates can use U.S. Treasury dollars to fund their campaigns. But only if they agree to play by a complicated set of rules.
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Tagged campaign finance, FEC, Federal Election Commission, public financing
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