The State Board of Elections has taken its first steps to respond to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling dealing with taxpayer-financed election campaigns. The board told Chapel Hill it could not use “matching funds” in its taxpayer financing program, dubbed voter-owned elections. Recently on Carolina Journal Radio, I talked with Daren Bakst, John Locke Foundation director of legal and regulatory studies, about the ruling and its implications. You’ll find the transcript of that interview here.
