RALEIGH – Today, Civitas Institute filed a campaign finance complaint with the North Carolina State Board of Elections against the North Carolina Association of Educators Political ... Keep Reading
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Taxpayer-funded campaigns are the wrong solution to big money in politics
The scandal involving political mega-donor Greg Lindberg is given as a reason by progressives to reinstate taxpayer-funded political campaigns But this practice compels people ... Keep Reading
Civitas Probe Shows Activist Meddled in NC Campaign Finance Fund
May 16, 2013 MEDIA ALERT CONTACT: Susan Myrick (919) 834-2099 Susan.Myrick@NCCivitas.org RALEIGH – Supporters of public campaign financing have long claimed that it would ... Keep Reading
Edwards trial delayed
The ongoing soap-opera that is John Edwards took another turn last Friday when Judge Catherine Eagles granted Edwards and his attorneys a minimum two month delay in his pending ... Keep Reading
RNC Joins Lawsuit Challenging Absurdities of Current Campaign Finance Law
Politico reports on new developments in a major campaign finance legal case: The century-old ban on corporate donations to federal political campaigns should be junked as ... Keep Reading
More trouble for John Edwards
These have not been good days for John Edwards. Earlier this year, the former North Carolina senator and presidential candidate was indicted on charges that he used nearly $1 ... Keep Reading
Public financing of political campaigns: Sinful and tyrannical
“To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Thomas Jefferson said these words roughly 200 years ago. ... Keep Reading
The Comedy (Tragedy?) of Campaign Finance Legislation
Dana Milbank’s op-ed in the Washington Post titled “Stephen Colbert, Karl Rove and the mockery of campaign finance” views Colbert’s political statement as comedic for exposing the ... Keep Reading
Ruling doesn’t stop discussion about Easley investigation
The outcome of state and federal investigations into former Gov. Mike Easley has left many North Carolinians asking a lot of questions. The questions focus on not only the one ... Keep Reading
California Gets Something Right
The State of California has provided the rest of the country with plenty of lessons of what not to do, but yesterday voters made a wise decision: Californians aren't interested in ... Keep Reading
