This is the reality when taxpayer dollars are used to finance election campaigns — progressive will help elect the conservatives they don’t support, and conservatives will help elect the liberals they don’t support. It’s that simple. And it’s clearly misguided. But it looks as if public financing may be coming to a city near you and me. From the Herald-Sun:
The House voted 60-56 on Tuesday to let cities choose whether to use taxpayer money in some local elections. The cities would join Chapel Hill, which will allow public financing in local elections this year.
Changes adopted on Tuesday limited the experiment running through 2016 to cities larger than 50,000 residents. Cities must seek permission from the State Board of Elections to test using tax money for local candidates.
Locke Foundation Legal and Regulatory Policy Analyst Daren Bakst writes about North Carolina’s use of public financing in this report.
