Issue: Public Financing
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Press Release WVCCE February 7, 2005Coalition Supports Legislative Recommendation for Campaign Finance ReformAt its Legislative Interim meeting in Charleston on Monday (February 7), the Select Committee on Campaign Finance Reform Committee recommended passage a pilot project to provide full public financing to legislative candidates who agree to limit their spending and reject all private donations. This voluntary system is modeled after laws in Maine and Arizona, where it is now the political norm to run for office free of direct dependence on private campaign contributions. MoreIssues: Public Financing