Tuesday, October 12, 2010

The NC Voters from Clean Elections coalition released its 2010 scorecard that evaluates the support of state legislators for “voter-owned” public financing and related campaign reform measures. NCVCE points out that more legislators received perfect scores in 2010 than in previous reports. Meanwhile, three more judicial candidates have demonstrated enough public support to qualify for a grant from the Public Campaign Fund. The three are among 13 candidates vying for Judge Jim Wynn’s seat on the NC Court of Appeals. They are Judge Cressie Thigpen, who was appointed to fill the seat temporarily by Gov. Perdue; former Judge Doug McCullough; and attorney Stan Hammer. Because the Wynn vacancy occurred late and so few weeks are left in the campaign, the amount of the grant is reduced by law to $57,540.