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Publication Date: September 2011
Publisher: Center for Governmental Studies
Author(s): Tracy Westen
Research Area: Campaign Finance
Keywords: Campaign Financing ; alternative amendments; politics
Type: Report
Coverage: Arizona
Abstract:
In Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett (2011), the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated “trigger provisions” in public campaign financing laws that gave participating candidates additional funding when they were opposed by high spending nonparticipating candidates or independent expenditure groups. This paper discusses five alternative amendments to public campaign financing laws designed to avoid the constitutional obstacles described in Arizona Free Enterprise.
Date: April 2007
Topic: Campaign Finance
Publisher: Center for Governmental Studies